(I) In the beginning Elohim created the heaven and the
earth. (2) And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of Elohim moved upon the face of the waters. (3) And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was
light. (4) And Elohim saw the light, that it was good: and Elohim
divided the light from the darkness. (5) And Elohim
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day. (6) And Elohim said, Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters. (7) And Elohim made the firmament, and divided the waters
which were under the firmament from
the waters which were above the
firmament: and it was so. (8) And Elohim called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening and the morning were the second day. (9) And Elohim said, Let the waters under the heaven be
gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (10) And Elohim
called the dry land Earth; and the
gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and Elohim saw that it was good. (11) And Elohim 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. (12) 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 Elohim saw that it was good. (13) And the evening and the
morning were the third day. (14) And Elohim said, Let there be lights
in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them
be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: (15) And let them be for lights in the firmament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. (16) And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (17) And Elohim
set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (18) and to rule over the day and over the night, and
to divide the light from the darkness: and Elohim saw that it was good. (19) And the evening and the
morning were the fourth day. (20) And Elohim 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. (21) And Elohim 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 Elohim
saw that it was good. (22) And Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. (23) And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day. (24) And Elohim 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. (25) And Elohim 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 Elohim saw that it was good. (26) And Elohim said, Let us make man in
our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (27) So Elohim created man in his own image, in the image of Elohim created he him; male and female created he
them. (28) And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim 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. (29) And Elohim
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. (30) And to every beast of the earth, and to every
fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. (31) And Elohim saw every thing that he had made, and,
behold, it was very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth day.
(I) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
host of them. (2) And on the seventh day Elohim
ended HIS work which HE had made; and HE rested on the seventh day from all HIS work which he had
made. (3) And Elohim blessed the seventh day, and sanctified
it: because that in it HE had rested
from all HIS work which Elohim
created and made. (4) These are the
generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day
that YAHWEH
Elohim
made the earth and the heavens, (5) And every
plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field
before it grew: for YAHWEH Elohim had not caused it to rain upon the earth,
and there was not a man to till the
ground. (6) But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered
the whole face of the ground. (7) And YAHWEH Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (8) And YAHWEH Elohim planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
there he put the man whom he had formed. (9) And out
of the ground made YAHWEH Elohim 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. (10) And a river went out of Eden to water the
garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. (11) The name of the first is Pison: that is it
which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (12) And the gold of that land
is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. (13) And the
name of the second river is Gihon:
the same is it that compasseth the
whole land of Ethiopia. (14) 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.
(15) And YAHWEH Elohim took the man, and put him into the Garden
of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (16) And YAHWEH Elohim
commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die. (18) And YAHWEH Elohim said, It
is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. (19)
And out of the ground YAHWEH Elohim formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and brought them unto
Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof. (20) And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the
fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not
found help meet for him. (21) And YAHWEH Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof; (22) And the rib, which YAHWEH Elohim had taken from man, made he
a woman, and brought her unto the man. (23) 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. (24) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (25) And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed.
(I) Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field
which YAHWEH
Elohim
had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath Elohim
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
of the fruit of the trees of the garden: (3) But of
the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, Elohim
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. (4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall
not surely die: (5) For Elohim
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as elohim, knowing good and evil. (6)
And when the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat. (7) And the
eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons. (8) And they heard the voice of YAHWEH Elohim walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of YAHWEH Elohim
amongst the trees of the garden. (9) And YAHWEH Elohim
called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art
thou? (10) And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself. (11) And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
whereof I commanded thee that thou
shouldest not eat? (12) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and I did eat. (13) And YAHWEH Elohim said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,
and I did eat. (14) And YAHWEH Elohim 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: (15)
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. (16) 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. (17) And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, 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; (18) Thorns
also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of
the field; (19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (20) And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she
was the mother of all living. (21) Unto Adam also and to his
wife did YAHWEH
Elohim
make coats of skins, and clothed them. (22) And YAHWEH Elohim
said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now,
lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the Tree of Life, and eat, and live for ever: (23) Therefore YAHWEH Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken. (24) So he
drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the Garden of Eden Cherubims,
and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the Tree of Life.
(I) And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from YAHWEH. (2) And she
again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a
tiller of the ground. (3) And in process of time it
came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto YAHWEH.
(4) And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of
his flock and of the fat thereof. And YAHWEH had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
(5) But unto Cain and to his offering he had not
respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (6) And YAHWEH said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? And
why is thy countenance fallen? (7) If thou doest well, shalt
thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And
unto thee shall be his desire, and
thou shalt rule over him. (8) And Cain talked with Abel
his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose
up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (9) And YAHWEH
said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy
brother? And he said, I know not: Am I
my brother's keeper? (10) And he said, What hast thou
done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. (11) And now art
thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy
brother's blood from thy hand; (12) When thou tillest the
ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a
vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (13) And Cain
said unto YAHWEH,
My punishment is greater than I can
bear. (14) Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from
the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall
slay me. (15) And YAHWEH said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth
Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And YAHWEH set a mark upon Cain, lest
any finding him should kill him. (16) And Cain
went out from the presence of YAHWEH, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east
of Eden. (17) And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and
bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the
name of his son, Enoch. (18) And unto Enoch was born
Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael
begat Lamech. (19) And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of
the one was Adah, and the name of the
other Zillah. (20) And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such
as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
(21) And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and
organ. (22) And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an
instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. (23) And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah,
Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a
man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. (24)
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. (25) And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a
son, and called his name Seth: For Elohim, said she, hath appointed me another seed
instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (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 YAHWEH.
(I) This is the book
of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim
created man, in the likeness of Elohim
made HE him; (2) Male and female created HE them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day
when they were created. (3) And Adam lived an hundred
and thirty years, and begat a son in
his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: (4) And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth
were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: (5) And all the days that Adam lived were nine
hundred and thirty years: and he died. (6) And Seth
lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enos: (7)
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat
sons and daughters: (8) And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and
twelve years: and he died. (9) And Enos lived ninety
years, and begat Cainan: (10) And Enos lived after he
begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: (11) And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and
five years: and he died. (12) And Cainan lived seventy
years, and begat Mahalaleel: (13) And Cainan lived after he
begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: (14) And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and
ten years: and he died. (15) And Mahalaleel lived
sixty and five years, and begat Jared: (16) And
Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat
sons and daughters: (17) And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight
hundred ninety and five years: and he died. (18) And
Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: (19) And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: (20)
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. (21) And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: (22) And
Enoch walked with Elohim
after he begat Methuselah three hundred years,
and begat sons and daughters: (23) And all the days of Enoch
were three hundred sixty and five years: (24) And
Enoch walked with Elohim:
and he was not; for Elohim took him. (25)
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and
seven years, and begat Lamech: (26) And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred
eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: (27) And all the days of Methuselah
were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (28) And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two
years, and begat a son: (29) And he called his name
Noah, saying, This same shall comfort
us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which YAHWEH
hath cursed. (30) And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five
hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: (31) And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred
seventy and seven years: and he died. (32) And Noah
was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
(I) And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face
of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, (2)
That the sons of Elohim
saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose. (3) And YAHWEH said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he also is flesh:
yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (4) There were giants in the earth in those days;
and also after that, when the sons of Elohim
came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men which were of old, men
of renown. (5) And YAHWEH saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually.
(6) And it repented YAHWEH that He had made man
on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. (7) And YAHWEH 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. (8) But Noah found grace in the eyes of YAHWEH.
(9) These are the
generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and Noah
walked with Elohim. (10) And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. (11) The earth also was corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence. (12) And Elohim
looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted
His way upon the earth. (13) And Elohim
said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before ME; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the
earth. (14) Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt
thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. (15) 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. (16) A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a
cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the
side thereof; with lower, second, and
third stories shalt thou make it. (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. (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. (19)
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. (20) Of 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. (21) And take thou unto thee of all food that is
eaten, and thou shalt gather it to
thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. (22) Thus did Noah; according to all that Elohim commanded him, so did he.
(I) And YAHWEH said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark; for thee have I seen
righteous before ME in this
generation. (2) Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by
sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. (3) Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and
the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. (4) For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights;
and every living substance that I have
made will I destroy from off the
face of the earth. (5) And Noah did according unto all that YAHWEH
commanded him. (6) And Noah was
six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. (7) And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife,
and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
(8) Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, (9) there
went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as Elohim had commanded Noah. (10) And it came to pass after seven days, that the
waters of the flood were upon the earth. (11) In the
six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of
the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and
the windows of heaven were opened. (12) And the
rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (13) In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his
sons with them, into the ark; (14) They, 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. (15) And they went in unto
Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. (16) And they
that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as Elohim
had commanded him: and YAHWEH shut him in. (17) And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and
the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. (18) And the waters prevailed, and were increased
greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. (19) And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the
earth; and all the high hills, that were under
the whole heaven, were covered. (20) Fifteen
cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. (21) And all flesh died that moved upon the earth,
both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth, and every man: (22) All in
whose nostrils was the breath of
life, of all that was in the dry land, died. (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. (24) And the waters prevailed upon the earth an
hundred and fifty days.
(I) And Elohim
remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and Elohim made a wind to pass over the earth, and
the waters asswaged; (2) The fountains also of the
deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was
restrained; (3) And the waters returned from off the earth
continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated. (4) And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. (5) And the waters decreased continually until the
tenth month: in the tenth month, on
the first day of the month, were the
tops of the mountains seen. (6) And it came to pass at the
end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: (7) And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to
and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. (8) Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if
the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; (9) But the dove found no rest for the sole of her
foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the
ark. (10) And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he
sent forth the dove out of the ark; (11) And the
dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were
abated from off the earth. (12) And he stayed yet other
seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any
more. (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. (14) And in the second month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. (15)
And Elohim spake unto Noah,
saying, (16) Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy
sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. (17) Bring
forth with thee every living thing that is
with thee, of all flesh, both 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. (18) And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife,
and his sons' wives with him: (19) every beast, every
creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. (20) And Noah builded an altar unto YAHWEH;
and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar. (21) And YAHWEH smelled a sweet savour; and YAHWEH
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. (22) While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
(I) And Elohim
blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth. (2) And the fear of you and
the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of
the air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. (3) Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you; even as the green herb have I given
you all things. (4) But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not
eat. (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. (6) Whoso
sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of Elohim made he man. (7) And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring
forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. (8) And Elohim
spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, (9) And I, behold, I establish MY Covenant
with you, and with your seed after you; (10) And with
every living 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. (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. (12) And Elohim
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: (13) I do
set MY bow in the cloud, and it
shall be for a token of a covenant between ME
and the earth. (14) And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud: (15) And I will remember MY Covenant, which is between
ME and you and every living creature
of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
(16) And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between Elohim and every living
creature of all flesh that is upon
the earth. (17) And Elohim
said unto Noah, This is the token of
the covenant, which I have
established between ME and all flesh
that is upon the earth. (18) And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the
ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. (19) These are the three sons of Noah: and of them
was the whole earth overspread. (20) And Noah
began to be a husbandman, and he
planted a vineyard: (21) and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and
he was uncovered within his tent. (22) And Ham,
the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brethren without. (23) And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went
backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their
father's nakedness. (24) And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his
younger son had done unto him. (25) And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall
he be unto his brethren. (26) And he said, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (27) Elohim
shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan
shall be his servant. (28) And Noah lived after the
flood three hundred and fifty years. (29) And all
the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
(I) Now these are the
generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were
sons born after the flood. (2) The sons of Japheth;
Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (3) And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath,
and Togarmah. (4) And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish,
Kittim, and Dodanim. (5) By these were the isles of
the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their
families, in their nations. (6) And the sons of Ham; Cush,
and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. (7) And the
sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the
sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (8) And Cush
begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (9) He was a mighty hunter before YAHWEH:
wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before YAHWEH.
(10) And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and
Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (11) Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (12) And
Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is
a great city. (13) And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (14) And Pathrusim, and
Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. (15) And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, (16) And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the
Girgasite, (17) And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, (18) And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. (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. (20) These are the sons of Ham, after their
families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. (21) Unto
Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the
elder, even to him were children born.
(22) The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (23) And the children of Aram;
Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. (24) And
Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. (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. (26) And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, (27) And Hadoram, and Uzal,
and Diklah, (28) And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, (29) And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. (30) And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest
unto Sephar a mount of the east. (31) These are the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. (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.
(I) And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. (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. (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 mortar. (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. (5) And YAHWEH came down to see the city and the tower, which
the children of men builded. (6) And YAHWEH 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. (7) Go to, let us go down, and
there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's
speech. (8) So YAHWEH scattered them abroad from thence upon the
face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. (9) Therefore is the name of it called Babel;
because YAHWEH
did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did YAHWEH
scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (10) These are the
generations of Shem: Shem was an
hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: (11) And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. (12)
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: (13) And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four
hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. (14) And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: (15) And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred
and three years, and begat sons and daughters. (16)
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: (17) And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred
and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. (18)
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: (19)
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons
and daughters. (20) And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat
Serug: (21) And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred
and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. (22)
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: (23)
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters. (24) And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat
Terah: (25) And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred
and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. (26) And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran. (27) Now these are
the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran
begat Lot. (28) And Haran died before his father Terah in the
land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. (29)
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife,
Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. (30) But Sarai was barren; she had no child. (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. (32) And the days of Terah were two hundred and five
years: and Terah died in Haran.
(I) Now YAHWEH 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 show thee: (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: (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. (4) So Abram departed, as YAHWEH had spoken unto him; and Lot
went with him: and Abram was seventy
and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (5) And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his
brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls
that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of
Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (6)
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of
Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in
the land. (7) And YAHWEH appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy
seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto YAHWEH,
who appeared unto him. (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 YAHWEH, and called upon the name of
YAHWEH.
(9) And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
south. (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. (11) And it
came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto
Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: (12)
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. (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. (14) And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come
into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. (15) The princes also of
Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house. (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. (17) And YAHWEH plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. (18) And
Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this
that thou hast done unto me? Why
didst thou not tell me that she was thy
wife? (19) Why saidst thou, She is my sister? So I might have taken her to me to wife: now
therefore behold thy wife, take her, and
go thy way. (20) And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and
all that he had.
(I) And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all
that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. (2)
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in
silver, and in gold. (3) And he went on his
journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been
at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; (4) Unto the
place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram
called on the name of YAHWEH. (5) And Lot
also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. (6) And the land was not able to bear them, that
they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could
not dwell together. (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. (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. (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. (10) And Lot
lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before YAHWEH
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as
the garden of YAHWEH,
like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (11) Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and
Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. (12) Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot
dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. (13) But the
men of Sodom were wicked and sinners
before YAHWEH
exceedingly. (14) And YAHWEH 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: (15) For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. (16) And I will
make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of
the earth, then shall thy seed also
be numbered. (17) Arise, walk through the land in the length of it
and in the breadth of it; for I will
give it unto thee. (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 YAHWEH.
(I) 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; (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. (3) All these were joined together in the vale of
Siddim, which is the salt sea. (4) Twelve years they served
Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. (5) And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer,
and the kings that were with him, and
smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims
in Shaveh Kiriathaim, (6) And the Horites in their
mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by
the wilderness. (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. (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; (9)
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. (10) And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,
and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. (11) And they took all the goods of Sodom and
Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. (12) And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who
dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. (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) 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. (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. (16) And he brought back all the goods, and also
brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the
people. (17) And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after
his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh,
which is the king's dale. (18) And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he was the priest
of the most high El. (19) And he blessed him, and
said, Blessed be Abram of the most
high El,
possessor of heaven and earth: (20) And blessed be the most
high El,
which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of
all. (21) And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me
the persons, and take the goods to thyself. (22) And
Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto YAHWEH,
the most high El,
the possessor of heaven and earth, (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: (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.
(I) After these things The
Word of YAHWEH came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (2) And Abram
said, My Sovereign
YAHWEH, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is
this Eliezer of Damascus? (3) And Abram said, Behold, to
me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. (4) And, behold, The Word of YAHWEH 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. (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. (6) And he
believed in YAHWEH;
and he counted it to him for righteousness. (7) And he
said unto him, I am YAHWEH that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. (8)
And he said, My Sovereign
YAHWEH, whereby shall I know that I shall
inherit it? (9) And he said unto him, Take ME a 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. (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. (11) And when the fowls came down upon the carcases,
Abram drove them away. (12) And when the sun was
going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness
fell upon him. (13) And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that
is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four
hundred years; (14) And also that nation, whom they shall serve,
will I judge: and afterward shall
they come out with great substance. (15) And thou
shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. (16) But in the fourth generation they shall come
hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (17) And it came to pass,
that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a
burning lamp that passed between those pieces. (18)
In the same day YAHWEH
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: (19) The Kenites, and the
Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, (20) And the
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, (21)
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
(I) Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had a
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
(2) And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, YAHWEH
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. (3) And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the
Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her
to her husband Abram to be his wife. (4) And he
went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived,
her mistress was despised in her eyes. (5) And Sarai
said unto Abram, My wrong be upon
thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes: YAHWEH judge between me and thee. (6) But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth
thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. (7) And the angel of YAHWEH found her by a fountain of
water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. (8) And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest
thou? And whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my
mistress Sarai. (9) And the angel of YAHWEH said unto her, Return to thy
mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. (10)
And the angel of YAHWEH said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude. (11)
And the angel of YAHWEH said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name
Ishmael; because YAHWEH hath heard thy affliction. (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.
(13) And she called the name of YAHWEH that spake unto her, THOU El seest me: for she said, Have I
also here looked after him that seeth me? (14)
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. (15) And
Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare,
Ishmael. (16) And Abram was
fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
(I) And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, YAHWEH
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty El;
walk before ME, and be thou perfect.
(2) And I will
make MY Covenant between ME and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly. (3) And Abram fell on his face: and Elohim talked with him, saying, (4) As for ME,
behold, MY Covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father
of many nations. (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. (6) And I will
make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will
make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. (7) And I will
establish MY Covenant between ME and thee and thy seed after thee in
their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be an Elohim unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee. (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 Elohim. (9) And Elohim
said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep MY
Covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. (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. (11) And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your
foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt ME and you. (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. (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. (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. (15) And Elohim
said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,
but Sarah shall her name be. (16) And I will bless her, and 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) 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? (18) And Abraham said unto Elohim,
O that Ishmael might live before thee! (19) And Elohim 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. (20) And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him
fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and
I will make him a great nation. (21) But MY
Covenant will I establish with
Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. (22) And he left off talking with him, and Elohim went up from Abraham. (23) And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that
were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male
among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin
in the selfsame day, as Elohim
had said unto him. (24) And Abraham was
ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin. (25) And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin. (26) In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and
Ishmael his son. (27) And all the men of his house, born in the house,
and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
(I) And YAHWEH appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; (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, (3) And said, My Sovereign , if now I have found
favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: (4) Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and
wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: (5) And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort
ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your
servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. (6) And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah,
and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. (7) And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a
calf tender and good, and gave it unto
a young man; and he hasted to dress it. (8) And he
took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them
under the tree, and they did eat. (9) And they
said unto him, Where is Sarah thy
wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. (10) And he
said, I will certainly return unto thee 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. (11) Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well
stricken in age; and it ceased to be
with Sarah after the manner of women. (12)
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I
have pleasure, my sovereign being old also? (13) And YAHWEH
said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear
a child, which am old? (14) Is any thing too hard for
YAHWEH?
At the time appointed I will return
unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. (15) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for
she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. (16) And the men rose up from thence, and looked
toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. (17) And YAHWEH said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; (18) Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? (19) For I
know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and
they shall keep the way of YAHWEH, to do justice and judgment; that YAHWEH
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (20) And YAHWEH said, Because the cry of Sodom and
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; (21) I
will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the
cry of it, which is come unto ME;
and if not, I will know. (22) And the men turned their faces from thence, and
went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before YAHWEH. (23) And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also
destroy the righteous with the wicked? (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? (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? (26) And YAHWEH said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within
the city, then I will spare all the
place for their sakes. (27) And Abraham answered and
said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto my Sovereign , which am but dust and ashes: (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. (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. (30) And he
said unto him, Oh let not my Sovereign 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. (31) And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto my Sovereign
: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. (32) And he
said, Oh let not my Sovereign 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. (33) And YAHWEH went his way, as soon as he had left
communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
(I) 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; (2) And he said, Behold now, my adowns, 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. (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. (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: (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. (6) And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut
the door after him, (7) And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so
wickedly. (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. (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. (10) But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot
into the house to them, and shut to the door. (11)
And they smote the men that were at
the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they
wearied themselves to find the door. (12) And the
men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? Son in law, and thy sons, and
thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: (13) For we
will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face
of YAHWEH;
and YAHWEH
hath sent us to destroy it. (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 YAHWEH will destroy this city. But he seemed as
one that mocked unto his sons in law. (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. (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; YAHWEH
being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the
city. (17) And it came to pass, when they had brought them
forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither
stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. (18) And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my sovereign:
(19) Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy
sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in
saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die: (20) Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is
a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. (21) And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee
concerning this thing also, that I
will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. (22) Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come
thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. (23) The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot
entered into Zoar. (24) Then YAHWEH rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from YAHWEH out of heaven; (25) and he overthrew those cities, and all the
plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the
ground. (26) But his wife looked back from behind him, and
she became a pillar of salt. (27) And Abraham gat up early
in the morning to the place where he stood before YAHWEH: (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. (29) And it
came to pass, when Elohim
destroyed the cities of the plain, that Elohim
remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he
overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. (30)
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters
with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his
two daughters. (31) 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: (32)
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father. (33) And they made their
father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her
father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. (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. (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. (36) Thus were both the
daughters of Lot with child by their father. (37)
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this
day. (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.
(I) And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. (2) And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of
Gerar sent, and took Sarah. (3) But Elohim
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. (4) But Abimelech had not come near her: and he
said, My Sovereign
, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? (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. (6) And Elohim
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. (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. (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. (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. (10) And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest
thou, that thou hast done this thing? (11) And
Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of Elohim
is not in this place; and they will
slay me for my wife's sake. (12) And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not
the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (13) And it came to pass, when Elohim
caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show
unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. (14) And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and womenservants, and gave them
unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. (15) And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth
thee. (16) And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy
brother a thousand pieces of silver:
behold, he is to thee a covering of
the eyes, unto all that are with
thee, and with all other: thus she
was reproved. (17) So Abraham prayed unto Elohim:
and Elohim healed Abimelech, and
his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. (18) For YAHWEH had fast closed up all the
wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
(I) And YAHWEH visited Sarah as he had said, and YAHWEH
did unto Sarah as he had spoken. (2) For Sarah
conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which Elohim had spoken to him. (3) And Abraham called the name of his son that was
born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. (4)
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as Elohim had commanded him. (5) And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his
son Isaac was born unto him. (6) And Sarah said, Elohim hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with
me. (7) And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham,
that Sarah should have given children suck? For I have born him a son in his old age. (8) And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham
made a great feast the same day that
Isaac was weaned. (9) And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,
which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. (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. (11) And the thing was very
grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. (12)
And Elohim 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. (13) And also
of the son of the bondwoman will I
make a nation, because he is thy
seed. (14) And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it
unto Hagar, putting it on her
shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in
the wilderness of Beersheba. (15) And the water was spent
in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. (16) And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a
bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over
against him, and lift up her voice,
and wept. (17) And Elohim
heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of Elohim
called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear
not; for Elohim hath heard the voice of
the lad where he is. (18) Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine
hand; for I will make him a great
nation. (19) And Elohim
opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. (20) And Elohim was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt
in the wilderness, and became an archer. (21) And he
dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the
land of Egypt. (22) And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech
and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, Elohim is with
thee in all that thou doest: (23) Now therefore swear unto
me here by Elohim 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. (24) And Abraham said, I will swear. (25) And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well
of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. (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. (27) And Abraham took sheep
and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. (28) And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by
themselves. (29) And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou
hast set by themselves? (30) And he said, 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. (31) Wherefore he called that place Beersheba;
because there they sware both of them. (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. (33) And Abraham
planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of YAHWEH,
the everlasting El.
(34) And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land
many days.
(I) And it came to pass after these things, that Elohim did tempt Abraham, and said unto him,
Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. (2) And he
said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for
a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. (3) And
Abraham rose 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 Elohim
had told him. (4) Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and saw the place afar off. (5) And
Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad
will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. (6) And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering,
and laid it upon Isaac his son; and
he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
(7) And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and
said, My father: and he said, Here am I,
my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? (8) And Abraham said, My son, Elohim
will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them
together. (9) And they came to the place which Elohim 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. (10) And Abraham stretched
forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (11) And the angel of YAHWEH called unto him out of
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. (12) And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad,
neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest Elohim, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son from me. (13) And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and
behold behind him a ram caught in 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. (14) And
Abraham called the name of that place YAHWEH-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of YAHWEH it shall be seen. (15) And the angel of YAHWEH called unto Abraham out of
heaven the second time, (16) And said, By myself have I sworn, saith YAHWEH, for because thou hast done
this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: (17) That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore; and thy
seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (18) And in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed MY voice. (19) So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they
rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. (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; (21) Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel
the father of Aram, (22) And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,
and Bethuel. (23) And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah
did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. (24) And his
concubine, whose name was Reumah, she
bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
(I) And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of
Sarah. (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. (3) And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and
spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, (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. (5) And the children of Heth answered Abraham,
saying unto him, (6) Hear us, my sovereign: 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. (7) And Abraham stood up, and
bowed himself to the people of the land, even
to the children of Heth. (8) And he communed with them,
saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me,
and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, (9)
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah,
which he hath, which is in the end of
his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a
possession of a buryingplace amongst you. (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, (11) Nay, my sovereign, hear me: the field give I
thee, and the cave that is therein, I
give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy
dead. (12) And Abraham bowed down himself before the people
of the land. (13) And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the
people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt
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.
(14) And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, (15) my sovereign, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver;
what is that betwixt me and thee?
Bury therefore thy dead. (16) And Abraham hearkened
unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in
the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (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 (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. (19) And after this, Abraham
buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah
before Mamre: the same is Hebron in
the land of Canaan. (20) And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
(I) And Abraham was old, and
well stricken in age: and YAHWEH had blessed Abraham in all things. (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: (3) And I will make thee swear by YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of heaven, and the Elohim of the earth, that thou shalt not take a
wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: (4) But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my
kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. (5) And the
servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me
unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou
camest? (6) And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou
bring not my son thither again. (7) YAHWEH Elohim
of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my
kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed
will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take
a wife unto my son from thence. (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. (9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of
Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. (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. (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. (12) And he said, O YAHWEH Elohim of my master Abraham, I pray
thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. (13) Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city
come out to draw water: (14) And let it come to pass,
that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I
may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I
know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. (15) And it came to pass, before he had done
speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her
shoulder. (16) And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known
her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. (17) And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let
me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. (18) And she said, Drink, my sovereign: and she
hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. (19) And when she had done giving him drink, she
said, I will draw water for thy
camels also, until they have done drinking. (20) And she
hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to
draw water, and drew for all his
camels. (21) And the man wondering at her held his peace, to
wit whether YAHWEH
had made his journey prosperous or not. (22) And it
came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden
earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; (23) And said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? (24) And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto
Nahor. (25) She said moreover unto him, We have both straw
and provender enough, and room to lodge in. (26) And the
man bowed down his head, and worshipped YAHWEH. (27) And he
said, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim of my master Abraham, who
hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, YAHWEH led me to the house of my
master's brethren. (28) And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
(29) And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the
man, unto the well. (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. (31) And he
said, Come in, thou blessed of YAHWEH; wherefore standest thou without? For I
have prepared the house, and room for the camels. (32) And the man came into the house: and he ungirded
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. (33) And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have
told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. (34) And he
said, I am Abraham's servant. (35) And YAHWEH hath blessed my master greatly; and he is
become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,
and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. (36) And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my
master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. (37) And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt
not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I
dwell: (38) But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to
my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. (39) And I
said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. (40) And he said unto me, YAHWEH, before whom I walk, will
send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for
my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: (41)
Then shalt thou be clear from this my
oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. (42) And I came this day unto the well, and said, O YAHWEH Elohim
of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: (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; (44)
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom YAHWEH hath appointed out for my master's son. (45) And before I had done speaking in mine heart,
behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down
unto the well, and drew water: and I
said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. (46) And she
made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also:
so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. (47)
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art
thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare
unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her
hands. (48) And I bowed down my head, and worshipped YAHWEH,
and blessed YAHWEH
Elohim
of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's
brother's daughter unto his son. (49) And now
if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me;
that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. (50) Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The
thing proceedeth from YAHWEH: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. (51) Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and
go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as YAHWEH hath spoken. (52) And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's
servant heard their words, he worshipped YAHWEH, bowing
himself to the earth. (53) And the servant brought
forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her
brother and to her mother precious things. (54) And they
did eat and drink, he and the men that were
with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he
said, Send me away unto my master. (55) And her
brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. (56) And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing YAHWEH
hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. (57) And they said, We will call the damsel, and
inquire at her mouth. (58) And they called Rebekah,
and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. (59) And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her
nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. (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. (61) And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they
rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and
went his way. (62) And Isaac came from the way of the well
Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. (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. (64) And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw
Isaac, she lighted off the camel. (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
veil, and covered herself. (66) And the servant told
Isaac all things that he had done. (67) And
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she
became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
(I) Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. (2) And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan,
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. (3) And
Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and
Letushim, and Leummim. (4) And the sons of Midian;
Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. (5) And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. (6) But unto the sons of the concubines, which
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while
he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. (7)
And these are the days of the years
of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. (8) Then Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a
good old age, an old man, and full of
years; and was gathered to his people. (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; (10) The field which Abraham
purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. (11) And it came to pass after the death of Abraham,
that Elohim blessed his son Isaac;
and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. (12) Now
these are the generations of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: (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, (14) And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, (15) Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: (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. (17) And these are
the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and
he gave up the spirit and died; and was gathered unto his people. (18) And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward
Assyria: and he died in the presence
of all his brethren. (19) And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's
son: Abraham begat Isaac: (20) And Isaac was forty years
old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. (21) And
Isaac entreated YAHWEH
for his wife, because she was barren:
and YAHWEH
was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (22) And the children struggled together within her;
and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of YAHWEH.
(23) And YAHWEH 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. (24) And when her days to be delivered were
fulfilled, behold, there were twins
in her womb. (25) And the first came out red, all over like a
hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. (26)
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and
his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore
years old when she bare them. (27) And the boys grew: and
Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. (28)
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his
venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. (29) And
Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: (30) And Esau said to Jacob,
Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage;
for I am faint: therefore was his
name called Edom. (31) And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
(32) And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to
me? (33) And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he
sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. (34) Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of
lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau
despised his birthright.
(I) 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. (2) And YAHWEH appeared unto him, and said,
Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: (3) Sojourn
in this land, and I will be with
thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; (4) And I
will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy
seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; (5) Because that Abraham obeyed MY voice, and kept MY
charge, MY Commandments, MY statutes, and MY Laws. (6) And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: (7) And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should
kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair
to look upon. (8) And it came to pass, when he had been there a
long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and
saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting
with Rebekah his wife. (9) And Abimelech called
Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is
thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is
my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. (10) And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might lightly
have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. (11) And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall
surely be put to death. (12) Then Isaac sowed in that
land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and YAHWEH blessed him. (13) And the man waxed great, and went forward, and
grew until he became very great: (14) For he
had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants:
and the Philistines envied him. (15) For 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. (16) And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for
thou art much mightier than we. (17) And
Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt
there. (18) And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which
they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had
stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the
names by which his father had called them. (19) And
Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing
water. (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. (21) And they digged another well, and strove for
that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. (22)
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove
not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now YAHWEH
hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. (23) And he went up from thence to Beersheba. (24) And YAHWEH appeared unto him the same night, and
said, I am the Elohim of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am
with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for MY servant Abraham's sake. (25) And he builded an altar there, and called upon
the name of YAHWEH,
and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. (26) Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. (27) And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to
me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? (28) And they said, We saw certainly that YAHWEH
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; (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 YAHWEH. (30) And he
made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. (31)
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac
sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (32) And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's
servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said
unto him, We have found water. (33) And he called it Shebah:
therefore the name of the city is Beersheba
unto this day. (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: (35) Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to
Rebekah.
(I) 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. (2) And he said, Behold now, I
am old, I know not the day of my death: (3) Now
therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to
the field, and take me some venison; (4) And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and
bring it to me, that I may eat; that
my soul may bless thee before I die. (5) And
Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to
hunt for venison, and to bring it. (6) And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,
Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, (7) Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that
I may eat, and bless thee before YAHWEH before my death. (8) Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according
to that which I command thee. (9) Go now to the flock, and
fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury
meat for thy father, such as he loveth: (10) And thou
shalt bring it to thy father, that he
may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. (11) And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold,
Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I
am a smooth man: (12) My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall
seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a
blessing. (13) And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my
voice, and go fetch me them. (14) And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made
savoury meat, such as his father loved. (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: (16) And she put the skins of the kids of the goats
upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: (17)
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the
hand of her son Jacob. (18) And he came unto his
father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my
son? (19) And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison,
that thy soul may bless me. (20) And Isaac said unto his
son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said,
Because YAHWEH
thy Elohim
brought it to me. (21) And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray
thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. (22) And
Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. (23) And he discerned him not, because his hands were
hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. (24) And he said, Art
thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
(25) And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may
bless thee. And he brought it near to
him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. (26) And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near
now, and kiss me, my son. (27) And he came near, and
kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said,
See, the smell of my son is as the
smell of a field which YAHWEH hath blessed: (28) Therefore Elohim
give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of
corn and wine: (29) Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to
thee: be master 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. (30) And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made
an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence
of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. (31) And he also had made savoury 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. (32)
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art
thou? And he said, I am thy son,
thy firstborn Esau. (33) And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said,
Who? 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. (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. (35) And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and
hath taken away thy blessing. (36) And he said, Is not he
rightly named Jacob? For he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my
birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast
thou not reserved a blessing for me? (37) And
Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy master, 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? (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. (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; (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. (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. (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. (43) Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise,
flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; (44) And
tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; (45) Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee,
and he forget that which thou hast
done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be
deprived also of you both in one day? (46) And
Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth:
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,
what good shall my life do me?
(I) And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him,
and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. (2) Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel
thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban
thy mother's brother. (3) And El Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a multitude of people; (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 Elohim
gave unto Abraham. (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. (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 daughters of Canaan; (7) And that
Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; (8) And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan
pleased not Isaac his father; (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. (10) And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went
toward Haran. (11) And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried
there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that
place, and put them for his pillows,
and lay down in that place to sleep. (12) And he
dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to
heaven: and behold the angels of Elohim
ascending and descending on it. (13) And,
behold, YAHWEH
stood above it, and said, I am YAHWEH Elohim of Abraham thy father, and the Elohim
of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; (14) And thy
seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in
thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (15) And, behold, I am with thee, and will
keep thee in all places whither thou
goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I
have done that which I have spoken to thee of. (16) And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely YAHWEH
is in this place; and I knew it not. (17) And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of Elohim,
and this is the gate of heaven. (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. (19) And he
called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. (20) And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If Elohim will be with me, and will keep me in this
way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, (21) So that I come again to my father's house in
peace; then shall YAHWEH be my Elohim: (22) And this
stone, which I have set for a pillar,
shall be Elohim’s house: and of all
that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto THEE.
(I) Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of
the people of the east. (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. (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. (4)
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are
we. (5) And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of
Nahor? And they said, We know him. (6) And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He
is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. (7) And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is
it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep,
and go and feed them. (8) And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks
be gathered together, and till they
roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. (9) And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came
with her father's sheep: for she kept them. (10) And it
came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother,
and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled
the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's
brother. (11) And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his
voice, and wept. (12) And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told
her father. (13) And it came to pass, when Laban heard the
tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him,
and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these
things. (14) And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode
with him the space of a month. (15) And Laban said unto
Jacob, Because thou art my brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall thy wages be? (16) And Laban had two daughters: the name of the
elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was Rachel. (17) Leah was tender
eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. (18) And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve
thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (19) And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her
to another man: abide with me. (20) And Jacob served seven
years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but
a few days, for the love he had to her. (21) And
Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my
wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. (22) And Laban gathered together all the men of the
place, and made a feast. (23) And it came to pass in
the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he
went in unto her. (24) And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his
maid for a handmaid. (25) And it came to pass, that in the morning,
behold, it was Leah: and he said to
Laban, What is this thou hast done
unto me? Did not I serve with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou
beguiled me? (26) And Laban said, It must not be so done in our
country, to give the younger before the firstborn. (27) Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also
for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. (28) And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he
gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. (29) And
Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. (30) And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved
also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. (31) And when YAHWEH saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. (32) And Leah conceived, and
bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely YAHWEH
hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. (33) And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
said, Because YAHWEH
hath heard that I was hated, he hath
therefore given me this son also: and
she called his name Simeon. (34) And she conceived again,
and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me,
because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. (35) And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she
said, Now will I praise YAHWEH: therefore she called his name Judah; and
left bearing.
(I) 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. (2) And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel:
and he said, Am I in Elohim’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the
fruit of the womb? (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. (4) And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and
Jacob went in unto her. (5) And Bilhah conceived, and
bare Jacob a son. (6) And Rachel said, Elohim
hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son:
therefore called she his name Dan. (7) And
Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. (8) And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I
wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name
Naphtali. (9) When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she
took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. (10) And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. (11) And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called
his name Gad. (12) And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. (13) And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters
will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. (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. (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. (16) And
Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and
said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's
mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. (17) And Elohim hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived,
and bare Jacob the fifth son. (18) And Leah said, Elohim hath given me my hire, because I have
given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. (19) And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the
sixth son. (20) And Leah said, Elohim
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. (21) And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called
her name Dinah. (22) And Elohim
remembered Rachel, and Elohim
hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (23) And she
conceived, and bare a son; and said, Elohim
hath taken away my reproach: (24) and she called his name
Joseph; and said, YAHWEH shall add to me another son. (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. (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. (27) And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have
found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I
have learned by experience that YAHWEH hath blessed me for thy sake. (28) And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will
give it. (29) And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have
served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. (30)
For it was little which thou hadst before
I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and YAHWEH
hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own
house also? (31) And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob
said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I
will again feed and keep thy flock. (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. (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. (34) And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be
according to thy word. (35) And he removed that day
the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she goats that
were speckled and spotted, 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. (36) And he set three days'
journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. (37) And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of
the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the
white appear which was in the rods. (38) And he set the rods which he had pilled before
the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to
drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. (39) And the flocks conceived before the rods, and
brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. (40) And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the
faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked, 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. (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. (42) But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. (43) And the
man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and
menservants, and camels, and asses.
(I) 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. (2) And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and,
behold, it was not toward him as
before. (3) And YAHWEH said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of
thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I
will be with thee. (4) And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the
field unto his flock, (5) And said unto them, I see
your father's countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the Elohim of my father hath been with me. (6) And ye know that with all my power I have served
your father. (7) And your father hath deceived me, and changed my
wages ten times; but Elohim
suffered him not to hurt me. (8) If he said thus, The
speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said
thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle
ringstreaked. (9) Thus Elohim
hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. (10) And it came to pass at
the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a
dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled. (11) And the angel of Elohim
spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:
And I said, Here am I. (12) And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see,
all the rams which leap upon the cattle are
ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. (13) I am the El
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. (14) And Rachel and Leah
answered and said unto him, Is there yet
any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? (15) Are we not counted of him strangers? For he hath
sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. (16)
For all the riches which Elohim
hath taken from our father, that is ours,
and our children's: now then, whatsoever Elohim
hath said unto thee, do. (17) Then Jacob rose up, and
set his sons and his wives upon camels; (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. (19) And Laban went to shear
his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. (20) And Jacob stole away
unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (21) So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up,
and passed over the river, and set his face toward
the mount Gilead. (22) And it was told Laban on
the third day that Jacob was fled. (23) And he
took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they
overtook him in the mount Gilead. (24) And Elohim 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. (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. (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? (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? (28) And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my
daughters? Thou hast now done foolishly in so
doing. (29) It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt:
but the Elohim
of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (30) And now,
though thou wouldest needs be gone,
because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my elohim? (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. (32) With whomsoever thou findest thy elohim, 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. (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. (34) Now
Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat
upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. (35) And she said to her
father, Let it not displease my sovereign that I cannot rise up before thee;
for the custom of women is upon me.
And he searched, but found not the images. (36) And
Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban,
What is my trespass? What is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me? (37) Whereas thou hast 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. (38) This twenty years have I been with thee;
thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock
have I not eaten. (39) That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my
hand didst thou require it, whether stolen
by day, or stolen by night. (40) Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by
night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. (41)
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for
thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages
ten times. (42) Except the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Abraham, and the fear of
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. Elohim hath seen mine affliction and the labour
of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
(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? (44) Now
therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a
witness between me and thee. (45) And Jacob took a stone,
and set it up for a pillar. (46) And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones;
and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. (47) And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob
called it Galeed. (48) And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name
of it called Galeed; (49) And Mizpah; for he said, YAHWEH
watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. (50) If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou
shalt take other wives beside my
daughters, no man is with us; see, Elohim is witness
betwixt me and thee. (51) And Laban said to Jacob,
Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee; (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. (53) The Elohim of Abraham, and the Elohim of Nahor, the Elohim
of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father
Isaac. (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. (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.
(I) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of Elohim met him. (2)
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is
Elohim’s host: and he called
the name of that place Mahanaim. (3) And Jacob
sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the
country of Edom. (4) And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye
speak unto my sovereign Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned
with Laban, and stayed there until now: (5) And I
have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have
sent to tell my sovereign, that I may find grace in thy sight. (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. (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; (8) And said, If Esau come to the one company, and
smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. (9) And Jacob said, O Elohim of my father Abraham, and Elohim
of my father Isaac, YAHWEH which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
country, and to thy kindred, and I
will deal well with thee: (10) I am not worthy of the
least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy
servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two
bands. (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. (12) And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the
sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. (13)
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a
present for Esau his brother; (14) Two hundred she goats,
and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, (15) Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty
kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. (16) And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and
said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and
drove. (17) And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau
my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these before thee? (18) Then
thou shalt say, They be thy servant
Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my
sovereign Esau: and, behold, also he is behind
us. (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. (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. (21) So went the present over before him: and himself
lodged that night in the company. (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. (23)
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. (24) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a
man with him until the breaking of the day. (25) And when
he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh;
and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. (26) And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. (27) And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. (28)
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a
prince hast thou power with Elohim
and with men, and hast prevailed. (29) And
Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said,
Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. (30) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:
for I have seen Elohim
face to face, and my life is preserved. (31) And as
he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. (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.
(I) And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau
came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and
unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. (2) And he
put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after,
and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. (3) And he
passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he
came near to his brother. (4) And Esau ran to meet him,
and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. (5) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and
the children; and said, Who are those
with thee? And he said, The children which Elohim
hath graciously given thy servant. (6) Then the
handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. (7) And Leah also with her children came near, and
bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed
themselves. (8) And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of
my sovereign. (9) And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep
that thou hast unto thyself. (10) And Jacob said, Nay, I
pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at
my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of Elohim, and thou wast pleased with me. (11) Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought
to thee; because Elohim
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and
he took it. (12) And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us
go, and I will go before thee. (13) And he said unto him, My
sovereign knoweth that the children are tender,
and the flocks and herds with young are with
me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. (14) Let my sovereign, 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 sovereign
unto Seir. (15) And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth
it? Let me find grace in the sight of my sovereign. (16) So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. (17) And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a
house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is
called Succoth. (18) And Jacob came 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. (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. (20) And he erected there an
altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
(I) And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land. (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. (3) And his
soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake
kindly unto the damsel. (4) And Shechem spake unto his
father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. (5) And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his
daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his
peace until they were come. (6) And Hamor the father of
Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. (7)
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they
were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter;
which thing ought not to be done. (8) And Hamor
communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your
daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. (9) And make
ye marriages with us, and give your
daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. (10) And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall
be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. (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. (12) Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will
give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. (13) And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor
his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: (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: (15) But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will
be as we be, that every male of you
be circumcised; (16) Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we
will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become
one people. (17) But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. (18) And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem
Hamor's son. (19) And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. (20) And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate
of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, (21) These men are
peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein;
for the land, behold, it is large
enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give
them our daughters. (22) Only herein will the men consent unto us for to
dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they
are circumcised. (23) Shall not
their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us. (24) And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. (25) And it came to pass on the third day, when they
were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren,
took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
(26) And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the
edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. (27) The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and
spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. (28) They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their
asses, and that which was in the
city, and that which was in the
field, (29) And all their wealth, and all their little ones,
and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. (30) And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have
troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the
Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being
few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay
me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (31)
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
(I) And Elohim
said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an
altar unto El,
that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. (2) Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all
that were with him, Put away the
strange elohim that are among you,
and be clean, and change your garments: (3) And let
us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto El, who
answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
(4) And they gave unto Jacob all the strange elohim
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. (5) And they journeyed: and the terror of Elohim was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not
pursue after the sons of Jacob. (6) So Jacob
came to Luz, which is in the land of
Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all
the people that were with him. (7) And he built there an altar, and called the
place Elbethel: because there Elohim
appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (8) But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was
buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
(9) And Elohim
appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. (10) And Elohim
said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy
name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he
called his name Israel. (11) And Elohim
said unto him, I am El Almighty: be fruitful and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall
come out of thy loins; (12) And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after
thee will I give the land. (13) And Elohim
went up from him in the place where he talked with him. (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. (15) And Jacob called the name of the place where Elohim spake with him, Bethel. (16) And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was
but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard
labour. (17) And it came to pass, when she was in hard
labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son
also. (18) And it came to pass, as her soul was in
departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father
called him Benjamin. (19) And Rachel died, and was
buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
(20) And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto
this day. (21) And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond
the tower of Edar. (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: (23) The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (24) The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: (25) And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan,
and Naphtali: (26) And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad,
and Asher: these are the sons of
Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. (27) And
Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac
sojourned. (28) And the days of Isaac were an hundred and
fourscore years. (29) And Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was
gathered unto his people, being old
and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
(I) Now these are the
generations of Esau, who is Edom. (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; (3) And Bashemath Ishmael's
daughter, sister of Nebajoth. (4) And Adah bare to Esau
Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; (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. (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. (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. (8) Thus dwelt Esau in mount
Seir: Esau is Edom. (9) And these are
the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: (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. (11) And the sons of Eliphaz were
Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. (12) And
Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek:
these were the sons of Adah Esau's
wife. (13) And these are
the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the
sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (14) 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. (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, (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. (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. (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. (19) These are the
sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. (20) These are the
sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon,
and Anah, (21) And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the
children of Seir in the land of Edom. (22) And the
children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. (23) And the children of
Shobal were these; Alvan, and
Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. (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. (25) And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. (26) And these are
the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. (27) The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. (28) The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. (29) These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon,
duke Anah, (30) Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. (31) And these are
the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king
over the Children of Israel. (32) And Bela the son of Beor
reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was
Dinhabah. (33) And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of
Bozrah reigned in his stead. (34) And Jobab died, and
Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. (35) And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his
city was Avith. (36) And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in
his stead. (37) And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. (38) And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor
reigned in his stead. (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. (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, (41) Duke Aholibamah, duke ELAH, duke Pinon, (42) Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, (43) Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their
habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
(I) And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a
stranger, in the land of Canaan. (2) These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding
the flock with his brethren; and the lad was
with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives:
and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. (3) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his
children, because he was the son of
his old age: and he made him a coat of many
colours. (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. (5) And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet
the more. (6) And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed: (7) For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and,
lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood
round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. (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. (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. (10) And he told it
to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said
unto him, What is this dream that
thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth? (11) And his
brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. (12) And his brethren went to feed their father's
flock in Shechem. (13) And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren
feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and
I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. (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. (15) And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the
man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? (16) And he
said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. (17) And the man said, They are departed hence; for I
heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and
found them in Dothan. (18) And when they saw him
afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to
slay him. (19) And they said one to another, Behold, this
dreamer cometh. (20) Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and
cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and
we shall see what will become of his dreams. (21)
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered
him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. (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. (23) And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto
his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours
that was on him; (24) And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and
the pit was empty, there was no water in it. (25) And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted
up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from
Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. (26) And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and
conceal his blood? (27) Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites,
and let not our hand be upon him; for he is
our brother and our flesh. And
his brethren were content. (28) Then there passed by
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. (29) And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold,
Joseph was not in the pit; and he
rent his clothes. (30) And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The
child is not; and I, whither shall I
go? (31) And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of
the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; (32)
And they sent the coat of many colours,
and they brought it to their father;
and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. (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. (34) And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth
upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (35) And all his sons and all his daughters rose up
to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down
into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (36) And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain
of the guard.
(I) And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from
his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (2) And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and
he took her, and went in unto her. (3) And she
conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. (4) And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she
called his name Onan. (5) And she yet again
conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah:
and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. (6) And Judah
took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. (7) And Er, Judah's firstborn,
was wicked in the sight of YAHWEH; and YAHWEH slew him. (8)
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and
raise up seed to thy brother. (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. (10) And the thing which he did displeased YAHWEH:
wherefore he slew him also. (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. (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. (13) And it was told Tamar,
saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (14) And she put her widow's garments off from her,
and covered her with a veil, 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. (15) When Judah saw her, he
thought her to be a harlot; because
she had covered her face. (16) And he turned unto her by
the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew
not that she was his daughter in
law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? (17) And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? (18) And he
said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy
bracelets, and thy staff that is in
thine hand. And he gave it her, and
came in unto her, and she conceived by him. (19) And she
arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of
her widowhood. (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. (21)
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly
by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. (22)
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the
place said, that there was no harlot
in this place. (23) And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I
sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. (24) And it
came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar
thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah
said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (25)
When she was brought forth, she sent
to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets,
and staff. (26) And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I
gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her
again no more. (27) And it came to pass in the time of her travail,
that, behold, twins were in her womb.
(28) And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying, This came out first. (29) And it
came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and
she said, How hast thou broken forth? This
breach be upon thee: therefore
his name was called Pharez. (30) And afterward came out
his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called
Zarah.
(I) 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. (2) And YAHWEH was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous
man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. (3) And his master saw that YAHWEH was with him, and that YAHWEH made all that he did to prosper in his
hand. (4) And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he
served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. (5) And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his
house, and over all that he had, that YAHWEH blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's
sake; and the blessing of YAHWEH was upon all that he had in the house, and
in the field. (6) And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand;
and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured. (7) And it
came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon
Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. (8) But he
refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath
committed all that he hath to my hand; (9) There is none greater in this house than
I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this
great wickedness, and sin against Elohim? (10) And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day
by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. (11) And it came to pass about
this time, that Joseph went into the
house to do his business; and there was none
of the men of the house there within. (12) And she
caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her
hand, and fled, and got him out. (13) And it
came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was
fled forth, (14) That she called unto the men of her house, and
spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us;
he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: (15) And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted
up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him
out. (16) And she laid up his garment by her, until his
sovereign came home. (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: (18) And it
came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with
me, and fled out. (19) And it came to pass, when his master heard the
words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy
servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. (20) And
Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's
prisoners were bound: and he was
there in the prison. (21) But YAHWEH was with Joseph, and showed
him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (22) And the keeper of the prison committed to
Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were
in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. (23)
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because YAHWEH was with him, and that which he did, YAHWEH made it to prosper.
(I) And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their sovereign the king of Egypt. (2) And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of
the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. (3) And he put them in ward in the house of the
captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. (4) And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with
them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. (5) And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man
his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. (6) And
Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold,
they were sad. (7) And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his
sovereign’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? (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 Elohim? Tell me them, I pray you. (9) And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph,
and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; (10) And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the
clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: (11) And
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I
took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into
Pharaoh's hand. (12) And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three
branches are three days: (13) 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. (14) But think on me when it shall be well with thee,
and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh,
and bring me out of this house: (15) For
indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I
done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. (16) When the chief baker saw that the interpretation
was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was
in my dream, and, behold, I had three
white baskets on my head: (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. (18) And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three
baskets are three days: (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. (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. (21) And he restored the chief butler unto his
butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: (22) But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had
interpreted to them. (23) Yet did not the chief
butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
(I) And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. (2) And, behold, there came up out of the river
seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. (3) And, behold, seven other kine came up after them
out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. (4) And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did
eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. (5) And he slept and dreamed the second time: and,
behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. (6) And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with
the east wind sprung up after them. (7) And the
seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,
behold, it was a dream. (8) And it came to pass in the morning that his
spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and
all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them
unto Pharaoh. (9) Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh,
saying, I do remember my faults this day: (10) Pharaoh
was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's
house, both me and the chief baker: (11) And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he;
we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. (12) And there
was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the
guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man
according to his dream he did interpret. (13) And it
came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine
office, and him he hanged. (14) Then Pharaoh sent and
called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and
came in unto Pharaoh. (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. (16) And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: Elohim
shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. (17) And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the
river: (18) And, behold, there came up out of the river
seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: (19) And, behold, seven other kine came up after
them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all
the land of Egypt for badness: (20) And the lean and the ill
favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: (21) And when they had eaten them up, it could not be
known that they had eaten them; but they were
still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. (22) And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears
came up in one stalk, full and good: (23) And,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted
with the east wind, sprung up after them: (24) And the
thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there
was none that could declare it to
me. (25) And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of
Pharaoh is one: Elohim
hath showed Pharaoh what he is about
to do. (26) The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is
one. (27) And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that
came up after them are seven years;
and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of
famine. (28) This is the
thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What Elohim
is about to do he showeth unto
Pharaoh. (29) Behold, there come seven years of great plenty
throughout all the land of Egypt: (30) And
there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be
forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; (31) And the plenty shall not be known in the land by
reason of that famine following; for it shall
be very grievous. (32) And for that the dream
was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
the thing is established by Elohim, and Elohim
will shortly bring it to pass. (33) Now therefore let Pharaoh
look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. (34) Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the
fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. (35) And let them gather all the food of those good
years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep
food in the cities. (36) And that food 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. (37) And the
thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. (38) And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of Elohim
is? (39)
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as Elohim
hath showed thee all this, there is none
so discreet and wise as thou art: (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) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set
thee over all the land of Egypt. (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; (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. (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. (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. (46) And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood
before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,
and went throughout all the land of Egypt. (47) And in
the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. (48) And he gathered up all the food of the seven
years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the
food of the field, which was round
about every city, laid he up in the same. (49) And
Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering;
for it was without number. (50) And unto Joseph were born two sons before the
years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On
bare unto him. (51) And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
Manasseh: For Elohim, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's
house. (52) And the name of the second called he Ephraim:
For Elohim hath caused me to be
fruitful in the land of my affliction. (53) And the
seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. (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. (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. (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. (57) And all
countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
(I) Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? (2) And
he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down
thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. (3) And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn
in Egypt. (4) But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with
his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. (5) And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the
famine was in the land of Canaan. (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. (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. (8) And
Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. (9)
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them,
Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of
the land ye are come. (10) And they said unto him,
Nay, my sovereign, but to buy food are thy servants come. (11) We are all
one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. (12) And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the
nakedness of the land ye are come. (13) And they
said, 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. (14)
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that
I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
(15) Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of
Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. (16) Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother,
and ye shall be 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.
(17) And he put them all together into ward three
days. (18) And Joseph said unto them the third day, This
do, and live; for I fear Elohim: (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: (20)
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and
ye shall not die. And they did so. (21) And they
said one to another, We are verily
guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. (22) And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not
unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear?
Therefore, behold, also his blood is required. (23)
And they knew not that Joseph understood them;
for he spake unto them by an interpreter. (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. (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. (26) And they laded their asses with the corn, and
departed thence. (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. (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 Elohim hath done unto us? (29) And they came unto Jacob their father unto the
land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, (30) The man, who
is the sovereign of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of
the country. (31) And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no
spies: (32) we be twelve
brethren, sons of our father; one is not,
and the youngest is this day with our
father in the land of Canaan. (33) And the man, the
sovereign 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: (34) And
bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother,
and ye shall traffic in the land. (35) And it
came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of
money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the
bundles of money, they were afraid. (36) And
Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not,
and Simeon is not, and ye will take
Benjamin away: all these things are
against me. (37) And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay
my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will
bring him to thee again. (38) And he said, My son shall
not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he 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.
(I) And the famine was sore
in the land. (2) And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the
corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go
again, buy us a little food. (3) And Judah spake unto him,
saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face,
except your brother be with you. (4) If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will
go down and buy thee food: (5) But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. (6) And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? (7) And they said, The man asked 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? (8) And Judah
said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go;
that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. (9) I will be
surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto
thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: (10) For except we had lingered, surely now we had
returned this second time. (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: (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: (13) Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto
the man: (14) And El 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. (15) And the men took that
present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up,
and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. (16)
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house,
Bring these men home, and slay, and
make ready; for these men shall dine
with me at noon. (17) And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man
brought the men into Joseph's house. (18) And the
men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said,
Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we
brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us
for bondmen, and our asses. (19) And they came near to the
steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
(20) And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the
first time to buy food: (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. (22) And other money have we brought down in our
hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. (23) And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your Elohim, and the Elohim of your father, hath given
you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto
them. (24) And the man brought the men into Joseph's house,
and gave them water, and they washed
their feet; and he gave their asses provender. (25)
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard
that they should eat bread there. (26) And when
Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to
the earth. (27) And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your
father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is
he yet alive? (28) And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their
heads, and made obeisance. (29) And he lifted up his
eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye
spake unto me? And he said, Elohim be
gracious unto thee, my son. (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. (31) And he
washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. (32) And they set on for him by himself, and for them
by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves:
because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (33) And they sat before him, the firstborn according
to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men
marvelled one at another. (34) And he took and sent messes unto them from before
him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they
drank, and were merry with him.
(I) And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the
men's sacks with food, as much as
they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. (2) And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's
mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word
that Joseph had spoken. (3) As soon as the morning was
light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. (4) And when
they were gone out of the city, and 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? (5) Is not this it in which my sovereign drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?
Ye have done evil in so doing. (6) And he overtook them, and
he spake unto them these same words. (7) And they
said unto him, Wherefore saith my sovereign these words? Elohim forbid that thy
servants should do according to this thing: (8) Behold,
the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out
of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy sovereign’s house
silver or gold? (9) With whomsoever of thy servants it be found,
both let him die, and we also will be my sovereign’s bondmen. (10) And he said, Now also let it be according unto
your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be
blameless. (11) Then they speedily took down every man his sack
to the ground, and opened every man his sack. (12)
And he searched, and began at the
eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. (13) Then they rent their clothes, and laded every
man his ass, and returned to the city. (14) And
Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. (15) And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? Wot ye not
that such a man as I can certainly divine? (16) And
Judah said, What shall we say unto my sovereign? What shall we speak? Or how
shall we clear ourselves? Elohim
hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my sovereign’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. (17)
And he said, Elohim
forbid that I should do so: but the
man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get
you up in peace unto your father. (18) Then
Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my sovereign, let thy servant, I pray
thee, speak a word in my sovereign's ears, and let not thine anger burn against
thy servant: for thou art even as
Pharaoh. (19) My sovereign asked his servants, saying, Have ye
a father, or a brother? (20) And we said unto my
sovereign, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little
one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his
father loveth him. (21) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him
down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. (22)
And we said unto my sovereign, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. (23) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your
youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. (24) And it came to pass when we came up unto thy
servant my father, we told him the words of my sovereign. (25) And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. (26) And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest
brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face,
except our youngest brother be with
us. (27) And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know
that my wife bare me two sons: (28) And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely
he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: (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. (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; (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. (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. (33) Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant
abide instead of the lad a bondman to my sovereign; and let the lad go up with
his brethren. (34) For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? Lest peradventure I see
the evil that shall come on my father.
(I) 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. (2) And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the
house of Pharaoh heard. (3) And Joseph said unto his
brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father
yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his
presence. (4) And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to
me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. (5) Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with
yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for Elohim
did send me before you to preserve life. (6) For these
two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. (7) And Elohim sent me before you to preserve you a
posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. (8) So now it
was not you that sent me hither,
but Elohim: and he hath made me a
father to Pharaoh, and sovereign of all his house, and a ruler throughout all
the land of Egypt. (9) Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto
him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, Elohim
hath made me sovereign of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: (10) And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and
thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's
children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: (11) And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest
thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. (12) And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my
brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth
that speaketh unto you. (13) And ye shall tell my
father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall
haste and bring down my father hither. (14) And he
fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his
neck. (15) Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept
upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. (16) And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants. (17) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy
brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of
Canaan; (18) And take your father and your households, and
come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall
eat the fat of the land. (19) Now thou art commanded,
this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and
for your wives, and bring your father, and come. (20)
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. (21) And
the Children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the
commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. (22) To all of them he gave each man changes of
raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. (23) And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good
things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his
father by the way. (24) So he sent his brethren away, and they departed:
and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. (25) And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the
land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, (26) and 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. (27) And they told him all the words of Joseph, which
he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: (28) And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is
yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
(I) And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came
to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the Elohim of his father Isaac. (2) And Elohim
spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he
said, Here am I. (3) And HE
said, I am El, the Elohim of thy father: fear not to
go down into Egypt; for I will there
make of thee a great nation: (4) I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. (5) And Jacob rose up from 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. (6) And they took their cattle, and their goods,
which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and
all his seed with him: (7) His sons, and his sons'
sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought
he with him into Egypt. (8) And these are the names of the Children of Israel,
which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn (9) and the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and
Hezron, and Carmi; (10) And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; (11) And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari; (12) And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in
the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul; (13) And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and
Job, and Shimron; (14) And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and
Jahleel; (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. (16) And the sons of Gad;
Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. (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. (18) These are the
sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto
Jacob, even sixteen souls. (19) The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
(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. (21) And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and
Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (22) These are the
sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. (23) And the sons of Dan;
Hushim. (24) And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and
Jezer, and Shillem. (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.
(26) All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt,
which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; (27) And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in
Egypt, were two souls: all the souls
of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. (28) And he
sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they
came into the land of Goshen. (29) And Joseph made ready his
chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented
himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (30) And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die,
since I have seen thy face, because thou art
yet alive. (31) And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his
father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren,
and my father's house, which were in
the land of Canaan, are come unto me; (32) And the
men are shepherds, for their trade
hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,
and all that they have. (33) And it shall come to
pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? (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.
(I) Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and
my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are
come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. (2) And he
took some of his brethren, even five
men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. (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. (4) They said moreover 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. (5) And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy
father and thy brethren are come unto thee: (6) The land
of Egypt is before thee; in the best
of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; 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. (7) And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set
him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. (8)
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
(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. (10) And Jacob blessed
Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. (11) And
Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the
land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had
commanded. (12) And Joseph nourished his father, and his
brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. (13) And there
was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. (14) And Joseph gathered up all the money that was
found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they
bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. (15) And when 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. (16) And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will
give you for your cattle, if money fail. (17) And they
brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for 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. (18)
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto
him, We will not hide it from my
sovereign, how that our money is spent; my sovereign also hath our herds of
cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my sovereign, but our bodies,
and our lands: (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. (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. (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. (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. (23) Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have
bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. (24) And it shall come to pass 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. (25) And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us
find grace in the sight of my sovereign, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. (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. (27) And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the
country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied
exceedingly. (28) And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen
years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years. (29) And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and
he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy
sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly
with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: (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. (31) And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto
him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
(I) 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. (2) And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee:
and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. (3) And Jacob said unto Joseph, El Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed
me, (4) And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of
people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. (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. (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. (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.
(8) And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? (9) And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom Elohim
hath given me in this place. And he
said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. (10) Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought
them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. (11) And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought
to see thy face: and, lo, Elohim
hath showed me also thy seed. (12) And Joseph brought them
out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. (13) And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
right hand, and brought them near
unto him. (14) And Israel stretched out his right hand, and
laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. (15) And he blessed Joseph,
and said, Elohim, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the Elohim which fed me all my life long unto this
day, (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. (17) And when Joseph saw that his father laid his
right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his
father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. (18) And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my
father: for this is the firstborn;
put thy right hand upon his head. (19) And his
father refused, and said, I know it, my
son, I know it: he also shall become
a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be
greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. (20) And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee
shall Israel bless, saying, Elohim
make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. (21) And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but Elohim shall be with you, and bring you again
unto the land of your fathers. (22) Moreover I have given to
thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the
Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
(I) 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. (2) Gather
yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your
father. (3) Reuben, thou art
my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of
dignity, and the excellency of power: (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. (5) Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. (6) O my
soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not
thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they
digged down a wall. (7) Cursed be their
anger, for it was fierce; and their
wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
Israel. (8) Judah, 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. (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?
(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. (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: (12) His eyes shall be red with wine, and His teeth
white with milk. (13) Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and
he shall be for a haven of ships; and
his border shall be unto Zidon. (14) Issachar is
a strong ass couching down between two burdens: (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. (16) Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes
of Israel. (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. (18) I have waited for thy salvation, O YAHWEH.
(19) Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall
overcome at the last. (20) Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties. (21) Naphtali is
a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. (22)
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: (23) The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: (24) But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of
his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty Elohim of Jacob; (from thence is the
shepherd, the stone of Israel:) (25) Even by the El 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: (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. (27) Benjamin
shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning
he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. (28) All these are
the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is
it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according
to his blessing he blessed them. (29) And he
charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me
with my fathers in the cave that is in
the field of Ephron the Hittite, (30) In the
cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is
before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of
Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. (31) There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife;
there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. (32) The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. (33) And when
Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the
bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered unto his people.
(I) And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him,
and kissed him. (2) And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians
to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. (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. (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, (5) My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in
my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou
bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I
will come again. (6) And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father,
according as he made thee swear. (7) And
Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of
Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, (8) And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren,
and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their
herds, they left in the land of Goshen. (9) And there
went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. (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. (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. (12) And his sons did unto him according as he
commanded them: (13) For his sons carried him into the land of
Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a
buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. (14) And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his
brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried
his father. (15) And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father
was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly
requite us all the evil which we did unto him. (16)
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he
died, saying, (17) So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray
thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee
evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the Elohim
of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. (18) And his brethren also went and fell down before
his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy
servants. (19) And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of Elohim? (20) But as
for you, ye thought evil against me; but Elohim meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people
alive. (21) Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you,
and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. (22) And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's
house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. (23)
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were
brought up upon Joseph's knees. (24) And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and Elohim
will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he
sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (25) And
Joseph took an oath of the Children of Israel, saying, Elohim
will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. (26) So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he
was put in a coffin in Egypt.
(I) Now these are the
names of the Children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his
household came with Jacob. (2) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and
Judah, (3) Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, (4) Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (5) And all the souls that came out of the loins of
Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. (6) And Joseph died, and all
his brethren, and all that generation. (7) And the
Children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and
waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. (8) Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which
knew not Joseph. (9) And he said unto his people, Behold, the people
of the Children of Israel are more
and mightier than we: (10) Come on, let us deal
wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there
falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and
so get them up out of the land. (11) Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to
afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities,
Pithom and Raamses. (12) But the more they afflicted them, the more they
multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the Children of Israel. (13) And the Egyptians made the Children of Israel to
serve with rigour: (14) And they made their lives bitter with hard
bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field:
all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. (15) And the king of Egypt
spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: (16) And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife
to the 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. (17) But the midwives feared Elohim, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive. (18) And the king of Egypt called for the midwives,
and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children
alive? (19) And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the
Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian
women; for they are lively, and are
delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. (20)
Therefore Elohim dealt well with the
midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. (21) And it came to pass, because the midwives feared
Elohim, that he made them houses. (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.
(I) And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. (2) And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and
when she saw him that he was a goodly
child, she hid him three months. (3) And when she could not longer hide him, she took
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. (4) And his
sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. (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. (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. (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? (8) And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the
maid went and called the child's mother. (9) And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me,
and I will give thee thy wages. And
the woman took the child, and nursed it. (10) And the
child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.
And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the
water. (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. (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. (13) And when
he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and
he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? (14) And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge
over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses
feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. (15)
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from
the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a
well. (16) Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters:
and they came and drew water, and
filled the troughs to water their father's flock. (17) And the shepherds came and drove them away: but
Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. (18) And when they came to Reuel their father, he
said, How is it that ye are come so
soon to day? (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. (20) And he
said unto his daughters, And where is he?
Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. (21) And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and
he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (22) And she
bare him a son, and he called his
name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. (23) And it came to pass in process of time, that the
king of Egypt died: and the Children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage,
and they cried, and their cry came up unto Elohim by
reason of the bondage. (24) And Elohim
heard their groaning, and Elohim
remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. (25) And Elohim
looked upon the Children of Israel, and Elohim
had respect unto them.
(I) 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 Elohim, even to Horeb. (2) And the angel of YAHWEH appeared unto him in a flame
of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned
with fire, and the bush was not
consumed. (3) And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see
this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. (4)
And when YAHWEH
saw that he turned aside to see, Elohim
called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he
said, Here am I. (5) And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy
shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. (6) Moreover he said, I am the Elohim
of thy father, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim
of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon Elohim. (7) And YAHWEH
said, I have surely seen the
affliction of MY people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry
by reason of their taskmasters; for I
know their sorrows; (8) And I
am come down to 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. (9) Now therefore, behold, the cry of the Children
of Israel is come unto ME: and I have also seen the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. (10) Come now
therefore, and I will send thee unto
Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth MY
people the Children of Israel out of Egypt. (11) And
Moses said unto Elohim,
Who am I, that I should go unto
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the Children of Israel out of Egypt? (12) And he said, 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 Elohim upon this mountain. (13) And Moses said unto Elohim,
Behold, when I come unto the Children
of Israel, and shall say unto them, The Elohim of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and
they shall say to me, What is HIS name? What shall I say unto
them? (14) And Elohim
said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and
he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the Children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (15) And Elohim said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou
say unto the Children of Israel, YAHWEH Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim
of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is
my name for ever, and this is my
memorial unto all generations. (16) Go, and
gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, YAHWEH Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim
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:
(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. (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, YAHWEH Elohim 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 YAHWEH our Elohim. (19) And I am sure that the king of Egypt will
not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. (20) And I will stretch out MY hand, and smite Egypt with all MY wonders which I will
do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. (21) And I
will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come
to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: (22) But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour,
and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment: and ye shall put them upon
your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
(I) And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe
me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, YAHWEH hath not appeared unto thee.
(2) And YAHWEH said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. (3) And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast
it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. (4) And YAHWEH 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: (5) That they may believe that YAHWEH Elohim of their fathers, the Elohim
of Abraham, the Elohim
of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. (6) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (8) And it shall come to pass,
if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign,
that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. (9) And it shall come to pass, if they will not
believe 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. (10)
And Moses said unto YAHWEH, O my Sovereign, 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. (11) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH? (12) Now
therefore go, and I will be with thy
mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. (13) And he
said, O my Sovereign
, send, I pray thee, by the hand of
him whom thou wilt send. (14) And the anger of YAHWEH
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. (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. (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 Elohim. (17) And thou
shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. (18) And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father
in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren
which are in Egypt, and see whether
they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. (19) And YAHWEH said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into
Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. (20) And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set
them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod
of Elohim in his hand. (21) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, When thou goest to return
into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall
not let the people go. (22) And thou shalt say unto
Pharaoh, Thus saith YAHWEH, Israel is MY son, even MY firstborn: (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. (24) And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that YAHWEH
met him, and sought to kill him. (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. (26) So he let him go: then she said, A bloody
husband thou art, because of the
circumcision. (27) And YAHWEH said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to
meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of Elohim,
and kissed him. (28) And Moses told Aaron all the words of YAHWEH
who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. (29) And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together
all the elders of the Children of Israel: (30) And
Aaron spake all the words which YAHWEH had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs
in the sight of the people. (31) And the people believed:
and when they heard that YAHWEH had visited the Children of Israel, and
that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and
worshipped.
(I) And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh,
Thus saith YAHWEH
Elohim
of Israel, Let MY people go, that
they may hold a feast unto ME in the
wilderness. (2) And Pharaoh said, Who is YAHWEH,
that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not YAHWEH, neither will I let Israel
go. (3) And they said, The Elohim of the Hebrews hath met with
us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice
unto YAHWEH
our Elohim;
lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. (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) And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land
now are many, and ye make them rest
from their burdens. (6) And Pharaoh commanded the same day the
taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, (7) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make
brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. (8) And the tale of the bricks, which they did make
heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and
sacrifice to our Elohim. (9) Let there
more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not
regard vain words. (10) And the taskmasters of the people went out, and
their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I
will not give you straw. (11) Go ye, get you straw
where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. (12) So the people were scattered abroad throughout
all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. (13) And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. (14) And the officers of the Children of Israel,
which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not
fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? (15) Then the officers of the Children of Israel came
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? (16) There is no straw given unto thy servants, and
they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in
thine own people. (17) But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle:
therefore ye say, Let us go and do
sacrifice to YAHWEH.
(18) Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye
deliver the tale of bricks. (19) And the officers of the
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. (20) And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the
way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: (21) And they
said unto them, YAHWEH
look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand
to slay us. (22) And Moses returned unto YAHWEH, and said, My Sovereign ,
wherefore hast THOU so evil entreated this people? Why is it that THOU hast sent me? (23) For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in THY name, he hath done evil to this
people; neither hast THOU delivered
thy people at all.
(I) Then YAHWEH 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. (2) And Elohim
spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I
am YAHWEH: (3)
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of El Almighty, but by MY name YAHWEH was I not known to them [ “.”
or “?” here?] (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. (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) Wherefore say unto the Children of Israel, I am YAHWEH,
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: (7) And I
will take you to ME for a people,
and I will be to you an Elohim:
and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH your Elohim, which bringeth you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians. (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 a heritage: I am YAHWEH. (9) And Moses
spake so unto the Children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for
anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. (10) And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses, saying, (11) Go in, speak unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt, that he let the Children of Israel go out of his land. (12) And Moses spake before YAHWEH, saying, Behold, the
Children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me,
who am of uncircumcised lips? (13) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave
them a charge unto the Children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to
bring the Children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. (14) These 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. (15) And the sons of Simeon;
Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a
Canaanitish woman: these are the
families of Simeon. (16) And these are
the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. (17) The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according
to their families. (18) And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. (19) And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their
generations. (20) And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister
to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven
years. (21) And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and
Zichri. (22) And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan,
and Zithri. (23) And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of
Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar. (24) And the sons of Korah;
Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are
the families of the Korhites. (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. (26) These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom YAHWEH
said, Bring out the Children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to
their armies. (27) These are they
which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the Children of Israel from
Egypt: these are that Moses and
Aaron. (28) And it came to pass on the day when YAHWEH spake unto Moses in the land
of Egypt, (29) That YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, I am YAHWEH:
speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. (30) And Moses said before YAHWEH,
Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
(I) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, See, I have made thee an
elohim to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. (2) Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh,
that he send the Children of Israel out of his land. (3) And I
will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply MY
signs and MY wonders in the land of
Egypt. (4) But Pharaoh 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. (5) And the
Egyptians shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I
stretch forth MINE hand upon Egypt,
and bring out the Children of Israel from among them. (6) And Moses and Aaron did as YAHWEH commanded them, so did they.
(7) And Moses was
fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they
spake unto Pharaoh. (8) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (9) When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show
a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. (10) And
Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as YAHWEH had commanded: and Aaron
cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a
serpent. (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. (12) For they cast down every man his rod, and they
became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (13) And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he
hearkened not unto them; as YAHWEH had said. (14)
And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
he refuseth to let the people go. (15) Get thee
unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt
stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a
serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. (16) And thou
shalt say unto him, YAHWEH Elohim 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. (17) Thus
saith YAHWEH,
In this thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH: behold, I will smite with the rod that is
in MINE hand upon the waters
which are in the river, and they
shall be turned to blood. (18) And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river
shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river.
(19) And YAHWEH 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. (20) And Moses and Aaron did so, as YAHWEH
commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of
Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. (21) And the fish that 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. (22) And the magicians of Egypt did so with their
enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto
them; as YAHWEH
had said. (23) And Pharaoh turned and went into his house,
neither did he set his heart to this also. (24) And all
the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could
not drink of the water of the river. (25) And
seven days were fulfilled, after that YAHWEH had smitten the river.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say
unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH, Let MY
people go, that they may serve ME.
(2) And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will
smite all thy borders with frogs: (3) And the
river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine
house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy
servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs: (4) And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and
upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. (5) And YAHWEH
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. (6) And Aaron stretched out
his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land
of Egypt. (7) And the magicians did so with their
enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. (8) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and
said, Entreat YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH. (9) And Moses
said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat 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? (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 YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(11) And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from
thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in
the river only. (12) And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and
Moses cried unto YAHWEH because of the frogs which he had brought against
Pharaoh. (13) And YAHWEH did according to the word of Moses; and
the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. (14) And they gathered them together upon heaps: and
the land stank. (15) But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he
hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as YAHWEH had said. (16) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch
out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt. (17) And they did so; for
Aaron stretched out 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. (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. (19) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of Elohim:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as YAHWEH
had said. (20) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH, Let MY
people go, that they may serve ME.
(21) Else, if thou wilt not let MY people go, behold, I
will send swarms of flies upon thee,
and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses
of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of
flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
(22) And I
will 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 YAHWEH in the midst of the
earth. (23) And I
will put a division between MY
people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. (24) And YAHWEH 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. (25)
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your Elohim
in the land. (26) And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we
shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to YAHWEH our Elohim: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? (27) We will go three days' journey into the
wilderness, and sacrifice to YAHWEH our Elohim, as he shall command us. (28) And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may
sacrifice to YAHWEH
your Elohim
in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. (29) And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and
I will entreat YAHWEH
that the swarms of flies may depart
from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not
Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to YAHWEH.
(30) And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated YAHWEH.
(31) And YAHWEH did according to the word of Moses; and he
removed the swarms of flies from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. (32) And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time
also, neither would he let the people go.
(I) Then YAHWEH said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and
tell him, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of the Hebrews, Let MY people go, that they may serve ME. (2) For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, (3)
Behold, the hand of YAHWEH 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. (4) And YAHWEH 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. (5) And YAHWEH appointed a set time, saying, To morrow YAHWEH
shall do this thing in the land. (6) And YAHWEH
did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the
cattle of the Children of Israel died not one. (7)
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the
Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the
people go. (8) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (10) And they
took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up
toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. (11) And the magicians could not stand before Moses
because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the
Egyptians. (12) And YAHWEH hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he
hearkened not unto them; as YAHWEH had spoken unto Moses. (13) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Rise up early in the
morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of the Hebrews, Let MY people go,
that they may serve ME. (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. (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. (16) And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee
up, for to show in thee MY power; and that MY name may be declared throughout all the earth. (17) As yet exaltest thou thyself against MY people, that thou wilt not let them
go? (18) Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous
hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until
now. (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. (20) He that feared The Word of YAHWEH
among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the
houses: (21) and he that regarded not The Word of YAHWEH left his
servants and his cattle in the field. (22) And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail
in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the
field, throughout the land of Egypt. (23) And
Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and YAHWEH sent thunder and hail, and
the fire ran along upon the ground; and YAHWEH rained hail upon the land of Egypt. (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. (25) And the hail smote
throughout all the land of Egypt all that was
in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the
field, and brake every tree of the field. (26) Only in
the land of Goshen, where the Children of Israel were, was there no hail. (27) And
Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned
this time: YAHWEH
is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. (28) Entreat YAHWEH (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. (29) And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone
out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto YAHWEH; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail;
that thou mayest know how that the earth is
YAHWEH’S.
(30) But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye
will not yet fear YAHWEH Elohim. (31) And the
flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was
bolled. (32) But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for
they were not grown up. (33) And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and
spread abroad his hands unto YAHWEH: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the
rain was not poured upon the earth. (34) And when
Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned
yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. (35) And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither
would he let the Children of Israel go; as YAHWEH had spoken by Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the
heart of his servants, that I might
show these MY signs before him: (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 YAHWEH. (3) And Moses
and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before ME? Let MY people go, that they may serve ME. (4) Else, if thou refuse to let MY people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: (5)
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the
earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth
unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of
the field: (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. (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 YAHWEH
their Elohim:
knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? (8)
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go,
serve YAHWEH
your Elohim:
but who are they that shall go? (9) And Moses
said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our
daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto YAHWEH.
(10) And he said unto them, Let YAHWEH be so with you, as I will
let you go, and your little ones: look to
it; for evil is before you. (11) Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve YAHWEH; for that ye did desire. And they were
driven out from Pharaoh's presence. (12) And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts,
that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. (13) And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land
of Egypt, and YAHWEH
brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it
was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. (14)
And the locusts 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. (15) For they covered the face of the whole earth, so
that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all
the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any
green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of
Egypt. (16) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in
haste; and he said, I have sinned against YAHWEH your Elohim, and against you. (17) Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only
this once, and entreat YAHWEH your Elohim, that he may take away from me this death
only. (18) And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated YAHWEH.
(19) And YAHWEH 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. (20) But YAHWEH
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the Children of Israel go. (21) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand
toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
which may be felt. (22) And Moses stretched forth his hand toward
heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: (23) They saw not one another, neither rose any from
his place for three days: but all the Children of Israel had light in their
dwellings. (24) And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye,
serve YAHWEH;
only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go
with you. (25) And Moses said, Thou must give us also
sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto YAHWEH our Elohim. (26) Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall
not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve YAHWEH
our Elohim;
and we know not with what we must serve YAHWEH, until we come thither. (27) But YAHWEH hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not
let them go. (28) And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me,
take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. (29) And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will
see thy face again no more.
(I) And YAHWEH 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. (2)
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour,
and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. (3) And YAHWEH gave the people favour 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. (4) And Moses said, Thus saith
YAHWEH,
About midnight will I go out into
the midst of Egypt: (5) And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall
die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the
firstborn of the maidservant that is behind
the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. (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. (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 YAHWEH doth put a difference between the
Egyptians and Israel. (8) And all these thy servants
shall come down unto ME, and bow
down themselves unto ME, saying, Get
thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from
Pharaoh in a great anger. (9) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Pharaoh
shall not hearken unto you; that MY
wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. (10)
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and YAHWEH
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the Children of Israel go
out of his land.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of
Egypt, saying, (2) This month shall
be unto you the beginning of months: it shall
be the first month of the year to you. (3) Speak ye
unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb,
according to the house of their fathers,
a lamb for an house: (4) And if the household be
too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour 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. (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: (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 between the evenings. (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. (8) And they shall eat the flesh in that night,
roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and
with bitter herbs they shall eat
it. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH’S
Passover. (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 against all the elohim
of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am YAHWEH.
(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. (14) And this day shall be unto you for a memorial;
and ye shall keep it a feast to YAHWEH throughout your generations; ye shall keep
it a feast by an ordinance for ever. (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. (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. (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. (18) In the
first month, on the fourteenth day of
the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth
day of the month at even. (19) Seven days shall there be
no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,
even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be
a stranger, or born in the land. (20) Ye shall
eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. (21) Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel,
and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families,
and kill the Passover. (22) And ye shall take a bunch
of hyssop, and dip it in the blood
that is in the basin, and strike the
lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his
house until the morning. (23) For YAHWEH will pass through to smite the
Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side
posts, YAHWEH
will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your
houses to smite you. (24) And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance
to thee and to thy sons for ever. (25) And it
shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which YAHWEH will give you, according as
he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. (26) And it shall come to pass, when your children
shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? (27) That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of YAHWEH’S Passover, who passed over the houses of
the Children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our
houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. (28) And the Children of Israel went away, and did as
YAHWEH
had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. (29) And it
came to pass, that at midnight YAHWEH 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. (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. (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 YAHWEH,
as ye have said. (32) Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have
said, and be gone; and bless me also. (33) And the
Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the
land in haste; for they said, We be all
dead men. (34) And the people took their dough before it was
leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their
shoulders. (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: (36) And YAHWEH gave the people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. (37) And the Children of Israel journeyed from
Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. (38) And a
mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. (39) And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough
which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they
were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for
themselves any victual. (40) Now the sojourning of the
Children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was
four hundred and thirty years. (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 YAHWEH went out from the land of Egypt. (42) It is a
night to be much observed unto YAHWEH for bringing them out from the land of
Egypt: this is that night of YAHWEH
to be observed of all the Children of Israel in their generations. (43) And YAHWEH said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: There
shall no stranger eat thereof: (44) But every man's servant
that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat
thereof. (45) A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat
thereof. (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. (47) All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. (48) And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and
will keep the Passover to YAHWEH, 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. (49) One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and
unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. (50)
Thus did all the Children of Israel; as YAHWEH commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. (51) And it came to pass the selfsame day, that YAHWEH did bring the Children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (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 YAHWEH brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. (4) This day came ye out in the month Abib. (5) And it shall be when YAHWEH shall bring thee into the
land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. (6) Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and
in the seventh day shall be a feast
to YAHWEH.
(7) Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and
there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven
seen with thee in all thy quarters. (8) And thou
shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This
is done because of that which YAHWEH
did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. (9) And it
shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine
eyes, that YAHWEH’S
law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath YAHWEH brought thee out of Egypt. (10) Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his
season from year to year. (11) And it shall be when YAHWEH
shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to
thy fathers, and shall give it thee, (12) That
thou shalt set apart unto YAHWEH all that openeth the matrix, and every
firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be YAHWEH’S. (13) And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem
with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck:
and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. (14) 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 YAHWEH brought us out from Egypt,
from the house of bondage: (15) And it came to pass, when
Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that YAHWEH slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to
YAHWEH
all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of MY children I redeem. (16) And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and
for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand YAHWEH brought us forth out of
Egypt. (17) And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the
people go, that Elohim
led them not through the way of the
land of the Philistines, although that was
near; for Elohim said, Lest peradventure
the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: (18) But Elohim
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. (19) And Moses took the bones
of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the Children of Israel, saying, Elohim will surely visit you; and ye shall carry
up my bones away hence with you. (20) And they
took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness. (21) And YAHWEH 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: (22) He took not away the
pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (3) For Pharaoh will say of the Children of Israel,
They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness hath shut them in. (4) And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and
I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and
upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am YAHWEH. And they did so. (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? (6) And he made ready his chariot, and took his
people with him: (7) and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all
the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. (8) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (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 YAHWEH. (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? (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. (13) And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not,
stand still, and see the salvation of YAHWEH, which he will show to you to day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. (14) YAHWEH shall fight for you, and ye shall hold
your peace. (15) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou
unto ME? Speak unto the Children of
Israel, that they go forward: (16) But lift thou up thy rod,
and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the Children of
Israel shall go on dry ground through
the midst of the sea. (17) And I, behold, I will harden
the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get ME honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen. (18) And the Egyptians shall
know that I am YAHWEH,
when I have gotten ME honour upon Pharaoh, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen. (19) And the
angel of Elohim, 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: (20)
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it
was a cloud and darkness to them, but
it gave light by night to these: so
that the one came not near the other all the night. (21) And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea;
and YAHWEH
caused the sea to go back by a strong
east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (22)
And the Children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left. (23) And the Egyptians
pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. (24) And it came to pass, that in the morning watch YAHWEH
looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the
cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, (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 YAHWEH fighteth for them against
the Egyptians. (26) And YAHWEH 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. (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 YAHWEH
overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. (28)
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came
into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. (29) But the Children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the
waters were a wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their left. (30) Thus YAHWEH saved Israel that day out of
the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea
shore. (31) And Israel saw that great work which YAHWEH
did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared YAHWEH, and believed YAHWEH,
and his servant Moses.
(I) Then sang Moses and the Children of Israel this song unto YAHWEH,
and spake, saying, I will sing unto YAHWEH,
for HE
hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath HE thrown into the sea. (2) YAHWEH is my strength
and song, and HE is become my Salvation: HE is my El,
and I will prepare HIM an habitation; my father's Elohim,
and I will exalt HIM.
(3) YAHWEH is a man of war:
YAHWEH
is HIS name. (4) Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
(5) The depths have
covered them: they sank into the bottom as a
stone. (6) THY right hand,
O YAHWEH, is become
glorious in power: THY right hand, O YAHWEH, hath dashed in
pieces the enemy. (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. (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. (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. (10) THOU didst blow with THY wind, the sea covered them: they
sank as lead in the mighty waters. (11) Who is like unto THEE, O YAHWEH, among
the el? Who is like THEE, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders? (12) THOU stretchedst out THY
right hand, the earth swallowed them. (13) THOU in THY mercy hast led forth the people which THOU hast redeemed: THOU hast
guided them in THY strength unto THY
holy habitation. (14) The
people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
(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. (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 YAHWEH, till the people pass over, which THOU
hast purchased. (17) THOU
shalt bring them in, and plant them in the
mountain of THINE inheritance,
in the place, O YAHWEH, which THOU hast made for THEE to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O YAHWEH, which THY hands have
established. (18) YAHWEH shall reign for
ever and ever. (19) For
the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the
sea, and YAHWEH brought
again the waters of the sea upon them; but the
Children of Israel went on dry land in
the midst of the sea. (20) And Miriam the prophetess,
the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out
after her with timbrels and with dances. (21) And
Miriam answered them, Sing ye to YAHWEH, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the
horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (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. (23) And when they came to Marah, they could not
drink of the waters of Marah, for they were
bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. (24) And the people murmured against Moses, saying,
What shall we drink? (25) And he cried unto YAHWEH;
and YAHWEH
showed 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, (26) And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the
voice of YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
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 YAHWEH
that healeth thee. (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.
(I) 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. (2) And the whole congregation of the Children of
Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: (3) And the Children of Israel said unto them, Would
to Elohim
we had died by the hand of YAHWEH 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. (4) Then said YAHWEH
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. (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. (6) And Moses and Aaron said unto all the Children
of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that YAHWEH hath brought you out from
the land of Egypt: (7) And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory
of YAHWEH;
for that he heareth your murmurings against YAHWEH: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? (8) And Moses said, This shall be, when YAHWEH shall give you in the evening flesh to
eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that YAHWEH heareth your murmurings
which ye murmur against him: and what are
we? Your murmurings are not
against us, but against YAHWEH. (9) And Moses
spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the Children of Israel, Come
near before YAHWEH:
for he hath heard your murmurings. (10) And it
came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the Children of
Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of YAHWEH
appeared in the cloud. (11) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (12) I
have heard the murmurings of the Children of Israel: speak unto them, saying,
At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread;
and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH your Elohim. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH hath given you to eat. (16) This is the
thing which YAHWEH
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. (17) And the Children of Israel did so, and gathered,
some more, some less. (18) And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much
had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every
man according to his eating. (19) And Moses said, Let no
man leave of it till the morning. (20)
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it
until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
(21) And they gathered it every morning, every man
according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. (22) And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers
for one man: and all the rulers of
the congregation came and told Moses. (23) And he
said unto them, This is that which YAHWEH
hath said, To morrow is the rest of
the holy Sabbath unto YAHWEH:
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. (24) And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses
bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. (25) And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a Sabbath unto YAHWEH: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
(26) Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh
day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. (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. (28) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to
keep MY Commandments and MY Laws? (29)
See, for that YAHWEH
hath given you the Sabbath,
therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every
man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. (30) So the people rested on the seventh day. (31) And the House of Israel called the name thereof
Manna: and it was like coriander
seed, white; and the taste of it was like
wafers made with honey. (32) And Moses said, This is the thing which YAHWEH 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. (33) And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put
an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before YAHWEH, to be kept for your
generations. (34) As YAHWEH commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up
before the Testimony, to be kept. (35) And the
Children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of
Canaan. (36) Now an omer is
the tenth part of an ephah.
(I) And all the congregation of the Children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment
of YAHWEH,
and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink. (2) Wherefore the people did
chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said
unto them, Why chide ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt YAHWEH? (3) And the people thirsted there for water; and the
people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast
brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with
thirst? (4) And Moses cried unto YAHWEH, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They be almost
ready to stone me. (5) And YAHWEH 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. (6) Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the
rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of
it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of
Israel. (7) And he called the name of the place Massah, and
Meribah, because of the chiding of the Children of Israel, and because they
tempted YAHWEH,
saying, Is YAHWEH
among us, or not? (8) Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in
Rephidim. (9) And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men,
and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I
will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of Elohim
in mine hand. (10) So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and
fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. (11) And it came to pass, when Moses held up his
hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. (12) But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his
hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands
were steady until the going down of the sun. (13)
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (14) And YAHWEH 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. (15) And Moses built an altar,
and called the name of it YAHWEH-nissi: (16) For he
said, Because YAHWEH
hath sworn that YAHWEH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
(I) When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law,
heard of all that Elohim
had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that YAHWEH had brought Israel out of Egypt; (2) Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took
Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, (3) And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an
alien in a strange land: (4) And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the Elohim
of my father, said he, was mine help,
and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: (5) And
Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into
the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of Elohim:
(6) And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law
Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. (7) And Moses went out to meet his father in law,
and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the
tent. (8) And Moses told his father in law all that YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
delivered them. (9) And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which YAHWEH
had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. (10) And Jethro said, Blessed be YAHWEH,
who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of
Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. (11) Now I know that YAHWEH is greater than all elohim: for in the thing wherein they dealt
proudly he was above them. (12) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt
offering and sacrifices for Elohim:
and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father
in law before Elohim. (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. (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? (15)
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to
inquire of Elohim: (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 Elohim,
and HIS laws. (17) And Moses' father in law said unto him, The
thing that thou doest is not good. (18) Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this
people that is with thee: for this
thing is too heavy for thee; thou art
not able to perform it thyself alone. (19) Hearken
now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Elohim
shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to Elohim-ward,
that thou mayest bring the causes unto Elohim: (20) And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must
walk, and the work that they must do. (21) Moreover
thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear Elohim, 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: (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. (23) If thou shalt do this thing, and Elohim command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall
also go to their place in peace. (24) So Moses
hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. (25) And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and
made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. (26) And they
judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but
every small matter they judged themselves. (27) And
Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And Moses went up unto Elohim, and YAHWEH called unto him out of the mountain,
saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Children of
Israel; (4) Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how
I bare you on eagles' wings, and
brought you unto myself. (5) Now therefore, IF ye will obey MY voice indeed, and keep MY Covenant, then ye
shall be a peculiar treasure unto ME
above all people: for all the earth is MINE: (6)
And ye shall be unto ME a kingdom of
priests, and an holy nation. These are the
words which thou shalt speak unto the Children of Israel. (7) And Moses came and called for the elders of the
people, and laid before their faces all these words which YAHWEH commanded him. (8) And all the people answered together, and said,
All that YAHWEH
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto YAHWEH.
(9) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH. (10) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and
sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, (11) And be ready against the third day: for the
third day YAHWEH
will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. (12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round
about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that
ye go not up into the mount, or
touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to
death: (13) 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. (14) And Moses went down from
the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their
clothes. (15) And he said unto the people, Be ready against
the third day: come not at your wives.
(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. (17) And Moses brought forth the people out of the
camp to meet with Elohim;
and they stood at the nether part of the mount. (18)
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because YAHWEH descended upon it in fire:
and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly. (19) And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long,
and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and Elohim
answered him by a voice. (20) And YAHWEH came down upon mount Sinai,
on the top of the mount: and YAHWEH called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. (21) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Go down, charge the
people, lest they break through unto YAHWEH to gaze, and many of them perish. (22) And let the priests also, which come near to YAHWEH,
sanctify themselves, lest YAHWEH break forth upon them. (23) And Moses said unto YAHWEH, The people cannot come up
to mount Sinai: for THOU chargedst
us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. (24) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH, lest he break forth upon them. (25) So Moses went down unto the people, and spake
unto them.
(I) And Elohim
spake all these words, saying, (2) I am YAHWEH thy Elohim,
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (3) Thou shalt have no other elohim before ME. (4) Thou
shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth: (5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I YAHWEH thy Elohim am a jealous El,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate ME; (6) And
showing mercy unto thousands of them that love ME, and keep MY Commandments.
(7) Thou shalt not take the name of YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in vain; for YAHWEH
will not hold him guiltless that taketh HIS
name in vain. (8) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (9) Six days
shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: (10) But the
seventh day is the Sabbath of YAHWEH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates: (11) For in six
days YAHWEH
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore YAHWEH blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. (12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days
may be long upon the land which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee. (13) Thou shalt not kill. (14) Thou shalt not commit adultery. (15) Thou shalt not steal. (16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour. (17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
thy neighbour's.
(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. (19) And they said unto Moses,
Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not Elohim
speak with us, lest we die. (20) And Moses said unto the
people, Fear not: for Elohim is
come to prove you, and that HIS fear
may be before your faces, that ye sin not. (21) And the
people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where Elohim was.
(22) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto
the Children of Israel, Ye have seen that I
have talked with you from heaven. (23) Ye shall
not make with ME elohim of silver,
neither shall ye make unto you elohim of gold. (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. (25) And if thou wilt make ME an altar of stone, thou shalt not
build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast
polluted it. (26) Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto MINE altar, that thy nakedness be not
discovered thereon.
(I) Now these are the
judgments which thou shalt set before them. (2) If thou
buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go
out free for nothing. (3) If he came in by himself,
he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with
him. (4) If his master have given him a wife, and she
have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her
master's, and he shall go out by himself. (5) And if
the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I
will not go out free: (6) Then his master shall
bring him unto 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 awl; and he shall
serve him for ever. (7) And if a man sell his daughter to be a
maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. (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. (9) And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he
shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. (10) If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not
diminish. (11) And if he do not these three unto her, then
shall she go out free without money. (12) He that
smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. (13) And if a man lie not in wait, but Elohim deliver him into his hand; then I
will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (14)
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile;
thou shalt take him from MINE altar,
that he may die. (15) And he that smiteth his father, or his mother,
shall be surely put to death. (16) And he that stealeth a
man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to
death. (17) And he that curseth his father, or his mother,
shall surely be put to death. (18) And if men strive
together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: (19) If he rise again, and
walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for
the loss of his time, and shall cause him
to be thoroughly healed. (20) And if a man smite his servant,
or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely
punished. (21) Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he
shall not be punished: for he is his
money. (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. (23) And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt
give life for life, (24) Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot, (25) Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for
stripe. (26) And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or
the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's
sake. (27) And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or
his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. (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. (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. (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. (31) Whether he have gored a
son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto
him. (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. (33) And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall
dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; (34) The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. (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. (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.
(I) 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. (2) If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten
that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. (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. (4) If the theft be certainly
found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore
double. (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. (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. (7) If a man shall deliver
unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's
house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. (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 neighbour's goods. (9) For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which 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
neighbour. (10) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or
an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven
away, no man seeing it: (11) Then shall
an oath of YAHWEH
be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods;
and the owner of it shall accept thereof,
and he shall not make it good. (12) And if it be stolen from him, he shall make
restitution unto the owner thereof. (13) If it be
torn in pieces, then let him bring it
for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. (14) And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. (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. (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. (17) If her father utterly refuse to give her unto
him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. (18) Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (19) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put
to death. (20) He that sacrificeth unto any elohim, save unto YAHWEH only, he shall be utterly destroyed. (21) Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress
him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (22)
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. (23) If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry
at all unto ME, I will surely hear their cry; (24) And MY wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and
your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (25) If thou lend money to any of MY people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be
to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. (26) If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to
pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: (27) For that is
his covering only, it is his
raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when
he crieth unto ME, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (28) Thou shalt not revile the elohim, nor curse the
ruler of thy people. (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. (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. (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.
(I) Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with
the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. (2) Thou
shalt not follow a multitude to do evil;
neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: (3)
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. (4) If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going
astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. (5) If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee
lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely
help with him. (6) Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in
his cause. (7) Keep thee far from a false matter; and the
innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I
will not justify the wicked. (8) And thou shalt take no
gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the
righteous. (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. (10) And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt
gather in the fruits thereof: (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. (12) Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the
seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son
of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. (13) And in all things
that I have said unto you be
circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other elohim, neither let it be
heard out of thy mouth. (14) Three times thou shalt
keep a feast unto ME in the year. (15) Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:
(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in
it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before ME empty:) (16) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy
labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the Feast of Ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when
thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. (17) Three times in the year all thy males shall
appear before the Sovereign YAHWEH. (18) Thou
shalt not offer the blood of MY
sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of MY sacrifice remain until the morning. (19) The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou
shalt bring into the house of YAHWEH thy Elohim. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
mother's milk. (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. (21) Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him
not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for MY name is in him. (22) But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do
all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies,
and an adversary unto thine adversaries. (23) For MINE Angel shall go before thee, and
bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. (24) Thou
shalt not bow down to their elohim, nor serve them, nor do after their works:
but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. (25) And ye shall serve YAHWEH your Elohim, and he shall bless thy
bread, and thy water; and I will
take sickness away from the midst of thee. (26) There
shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy
days I will fulfil. (27) I
will send MY fear before thee, and
will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. (28) And I
will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, from before thee. (29) I will not drive them out from before
thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field
multiply against thee. (30) By little and little I will drive them out from before thee,
until thou be increased, and inherit the land. (31)
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. (32) Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with
their elohim. (33) They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make
thee sin against ME: for if thou
serve their elohim, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
(I) And he said unto Moses, Come up unto YAHWEH, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and
Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. (2) And Moses alone shall come near YAHWEH:
but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. (3) And Moses came and told the people all the words
of YAHWEH,
and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
All the words which YAHWEH hath said will we do. (4) And Moses wrote all the words of YAHWEH,
and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and
twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (5) And he sent young men of the Children of Israel,
which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto YAHWEH.
(6) And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he
sprinkled on the altar. (7) And he took the book of
the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that YAHWEH
hath said will we do, and be obedient. (8) And Moses
took the blood, and sprinkled it on
the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which YAHWEH
hath made with you concerning all these words. (9)
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
Israel: (10) And they saw the Elohim 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. (11) And upon the nobles of the Children of Israel he
laid not his hand: also they saw Elohim,
and did eat and drink. (12) And YAHWEH 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. (13) And
Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of Elohim. (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. (15) And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud
covered the mount. (16) And the glory of YAHWEH abode upon mount Sinai, and
the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of
the midst of the cloud. (17) And the sight of the
glory of YAHWEH
was like devouring fire on the top of
the mount in the eyes of the Children of Israel. (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (3) And this is the offering which ye shall take of
them; gold, and silver, and brass, (4) And blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, (5) And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood, (6) Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and
for sweet incense, (7) Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod,
and in the breastplate. (8) And let them make ME a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. (9) According to all that I show thee, after the
pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even
so shall ye make it. (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. (11) And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within
and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round
about. (12) And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it,
and put them in the four corners
thereof; and two rings shall be in the
one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. (13) And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. (14) And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by
the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. (15) The staves shall be in the rings of the ark:
they shall not be taken from it. (16) And thou
shalt put into the ark the testimony which I
shall give thee. (17) And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit
and a half the breadth thereof. (18) And thou
shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in
the two ends of the mercy seat. (19) And make
one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the
cherubims on the two ends thereof. (20) And the
cherubims shall stretch forth their wings
on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the
mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. (21)
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt
put the testimony that I shall give
thee. (22) And there I
will meet with thee, and I will
commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims
which are upon the ark of the
testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto
the Children of Israel. (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. (24) And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and
make thereto a crown of gold round about. (25) And thou
shalt make unto it a border of a hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make
a golden crown to the border thereof round about. (26) And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold,
and put the rings in the four corners that are
on the four feet thereof. (27) Over against the border
shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. (28) And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold, that the table may be borne with them. (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. (30) And thou shalt set upon
the table showbread before ME alway.
(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. (32) And six branches shall come out of the sides of
it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches
of the candlestick out of the other side: (33) Three
bowls made like 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. (34) And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. (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. (36) Their knops and their branches shall be of the
same: all it shall be one beaten work
of pure gold. (37) And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and
they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. (38) And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes
thereof, shall be of pure gold. (39) Of a
talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. (40) And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount.
(I) 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. (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. (3) The five curtains shall be coupled together one
to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. (4) And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge
of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou
make in the uttermost edge of another curtain,
in the coupling of the second. (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. (6) And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and
couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. (7) And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt
thou make. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (13) And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the
other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent,
it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side,
to cover it. (14) And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering
above of badgers' skins. (15) And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. (16) Ten cubits shall
be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. (17)
Two tenons shall there be in one
board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the
boards of the tabernacle. (18) And thou shalt make the
boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. (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. (20) And for the second side of the tabernacle on the
north side there shall be twenty
boards: (21) and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under
another board. (22) And for the sides of the tabernacle westward
thou shalt make six boards. (23) And two boards shalt thou
make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. (24) And they shall be coupled together beneath, and
they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall
it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. (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) And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the
tabernacle, (27) And five bars for the boards of the other side
of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle,
for the two sides westward. (28) And the middle bar in the
midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. (29)
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
(30) And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according
to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. (31) And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning
work: with cherubims shall it be made: (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. (33)
And thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches, that thou mayest bring in
thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide
unto you between the holy place and
the most holy. (34) And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark
of the testimony in the most holy place.
(35) And thou shalt set the table without the veil,
and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward
the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. (36) And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of
the tent, of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. (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.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And thou
shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and
his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. (4)
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the
four corners thereof. (5) And thou shalt put it
under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst
of the altar. (6) And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves
of shittim wood, and overlay them
with brass. (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. (8) Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was
showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. (9) And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle:
for the south side southward there shall
be hangings for the court of fine
twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: (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. (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. (12) And for the
breadth of the court on the west side shall
be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. (13) And the breadth of the court on the east side
eastward shall be fifty cubits. (14) The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their
sockets three. (15) And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits:
their pillars three, and their sockets three. (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. (17) All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their
hooks shall be of silver, and their
sockets of brass. (18) The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and
the height five cubits of fine twined
linen, and their sockets of brass. (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. (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. (21) In the tabernacle of the congregation without
the veil, which is before the
testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before YAHWEH:
it shall be a statute for ever unto
their generations on the behalf of the Children of Israel.
(I) 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. (2) And thou shalt make holy
garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. (3) And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of
wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may
minister unto ME in the priest's
office. (4) And these are
the garments which they 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. (5) And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine linen. (6) And they shall make the
ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with
cunning work. (7) It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof
joined at the two edges thereof; and so it
shall be joined together. (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. (9) And thou
shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the Children of
Israel: (10) Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the
other stone, according to their birth. (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. (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 YAHWEH
upon his two shoulders for a memorial. (13) And thou
shalt make ouches of gold; (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. (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. (16) Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall
be the length thereof, and a span shall
be the breadth thereof. (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. (18) And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (19) And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an
amethyst. (20) And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a
jasper: they shall be set in gold in their enclosings. (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. (22) And thou
shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure
gold. (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. (24) And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the
breastplate. (25) And the
other two ends of the two wreathen chains
thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod before it. (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. (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) 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. (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
YAHWEH
continually. (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 YAHWEH: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the
Children of Israel upon his heart before YAHWEH continually. (31) And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. (32)
And there shall be a 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 a
habergeon, that it be not rent. (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: (34) A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell
and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. (35) And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his
sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before YAHWEH, and when he cometh out, that he die not. (36) And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO YAHWEH. (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. (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 YAHWEH. (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. (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. (41) And thou shalt put them
upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and
consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto ME in the priest's office. (42) And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover
their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: (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.
(I) 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, (2)
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers
unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten
flour shalt thou make them. (3) And thou shalt put them
into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two
rams. (4) And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. (5) And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon
Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate,
and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: (6) And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and
put the holy crown upon the mitre. (7) Then
shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it
upon his head, and anoint him. (8) And thou
shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. (9)
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and 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. (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. (11) And thou shalt kill the bullock before YAHWEH,
by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. (12) And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock,
and put it upon the horns of the
altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. (13) And thou shalt take all 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. (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. (15) Thou shalt also take one ram;
and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. (16) And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take
his blood, and sprinkle it round
about upon the altar. (17) And thou shalt cut the
ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
(18) And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the
altar: it is a burnt offering unto YAHWEH:
it is a sweet savour, an offering
made by fire unto YAHWEH. (19) And thou
shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the
head of the ram. (20) Then shalt thou 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. (21)
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon
the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon
the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments,
and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. (22)
Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the 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: (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 YAHWEH:
(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 YAHWEH. (25) And thou
shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them
upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before YAHWEH:
it is an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH.
(26) And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of
Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a
wave offering before YAHWEH: and it shall be thy part. (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: (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 YAHWEH.
(29) And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons'
after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. (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. (31)
And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the
holy place. (32) And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of
the ram, and the bread that is in the
basket, by the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation. (33) And they shall eat those
things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. (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. (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. (36) And thou shalt offer
every day a bullock for a sin
offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made
an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. (37) Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the
altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth
the altar shall be holy. (38) Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the
altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. (39) The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning;
and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: (40)
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an
hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. (41) And the
other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat
offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a
sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH. (42) This shall
be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation before YAHWEH: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. (43) And there I
will meet with the Children of Israel, and the
tabernacle shall be sanctified by MY
glory. (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. (45) And I
will dwell among the Children of Israel, and will be their Elohim. (46) And they shall know that I am YAHWEH their Elohim,
that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am
YAHWEH their Elohim.
(I) And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. (2) A cubit shall
be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it
be: and two cubits shall be the
height thereof: the horns thereof shall
be of the same. (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. (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. (5) And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold. (6) And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before
the mercy seat that is over the
testimony, where I will meet with
thee. (7) And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every
morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. (8) And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he
shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before YAHWEH throughout your generations.
(9) Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor
burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering
thereon. (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 YAHWEH. (11) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (12) When thou takest the sum of the Children of
Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul
unto YAHWEH,
when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. (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:) a half
shekel shall be the offering of YAHWEH.
(14) Every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto YAHWEH.
(15) The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall
not give less than half a shekel, when they
give an offering unto YAHWEH, to make an atonement for your souls. (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 YAHWEH,
to make an atonement for your souls. (17) And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (19) For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands
and their feet thereat: (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 YAHWEH:
(21) So they shall wash their hands and their feet,
that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout
their generations. (22) Moreover YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of
pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and
of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two
hundred and fifty shekels, and of
sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
(24) And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an
hin: (25) And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,
an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy
anointing oil. (26) And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the
congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, (27) And the table and all his vessels, and the
candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, (28) And the altar of burnt offering with all his
vessels, and the laver and his foot. (29) And thou
shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall
be holy. (30) And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and
consecrate them, that they may
minister unto ME in the priest's
office. (31) And thou shalt speak unto the Children of
Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto ME throughout your generations. (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. (33)
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or
whosoever putteth any of it upon a
stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. (34)
And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum;
these sweet spices with pure
frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
(35) And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection
after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: (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. (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 YAHWEH.
(38) Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell
thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) See, I
have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
(3) And I
have filled him with the spirit of Elohim,
in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship, (4) To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, (5) And in cutting of stones,
to set them, and in carving of
timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. (6)
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe
of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; (7) The
tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy
seat that is thereupon, and all the
furniture of the tabernacle, (8) And the table and his
furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of
incense, (9) And the altar of burnt offering with all his
furniture, and the laver and his foot, (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, (11)
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I
have commanded thee shall they do. (12) And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses, saying, (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 throughout
your generations; that ye may know
that I am YAHWEH
that doth sanctify you. (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. (15) Six days may work be
done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to YAHWEH:
whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to
death. (16) Wherefore the Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. (17) It is a
sign between ME and the Children of
Israel for ever: for in six days YAHWEH
made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. (18) And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end
of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of
stone, written with the finger of Elohim.
(I) 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 elohim, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. (2) And Aaron
said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,
and bring them unto ME. (3) And all
the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them
unto Aaron. (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 elohim, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt. (5) And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and
said, To morrow is a feast to YAHWEH.
(6) And they rose up early on the morrow, and
offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down
to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. (7) And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out
of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
(8) They have turned aside quickly out of the way
which I commanded them: they have
made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto,
and said, These be thy elohim, O
Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (9) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: (10) Now
therefore let ME alone, that MY wrath may wax hot against them, and
that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. (11) And Moses besought YAHWEH his Elohim, and said, YAHWEH,
why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which THOU hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power,
and with a mighty hand? (12) Wherefore should the
Egyptians 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. (13) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy
servants, to whom THOU swarest by
thine own self, and saidst unto them, I
will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall
inherit it for ever. (14) And YAHWEH repented of the evil which he thought to
do unto his people. (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. (16) And the tables were the work of Elohim,
and the writing was the writing of Elohim, graven upon the tables. (17) And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as
they shouted, he said unto Moses, There
is a noise of war in the camp. (18) And he
said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing
do I hear. (19) And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh
unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed
hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
(20) And he took the calf which they had made, and
burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strowed it upon the water, and made the Children
of Israel drink of it. (21) And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people
unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? (22) And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my
sovereign wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. (23) For they
said unto me, Make us elohim, 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. (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. (25) And when Moses saw that
the people were naked; (for Aaron had
made them naked unto their shame
among their enemies:) (26) Then Moses stood in the
gate of the camp, and said, Who is on
YAHWEH’S
side? Let him come unto me. And all
the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. (27) And he said unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
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
neighbour. (28) And the children of Levi did according to the
word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (29) For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day
to YAHWEH,
even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you
a blessing this day. (30) And it came to pass on
the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and
now I will go up unto YAHWEH; peradventure I shall make an atonement
for your sin. (31) And Moses returned unto YAHWEH, and said, Oh, this people
have sinned a great sin, and have made them elohim of gold. (32) Yet now, if THOU
wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book
which THOU hast written. (33) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned
against ME, him will I blot out of MY book. (34) Therefore now go, lead
the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, MINE Angel shall go before thee:
nevertheless in the day when I visit
I will visit their sin upon them. (35) And YAHWEH plagued the people, because they made the
calf, which Aaron made.
(I) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people
which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I
give it: (2) And I
will send an angel before thee; and I
will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite: (3) Unto a land flowing with
milk and honey: for I will not go up
in the midst of thee; for thou art a
stiffnecked people: lest I consume
thee in the way. (4) And when the people heard these evil tidings,
they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. (5) For YAHWEH 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. (6) And the Children of Israel
stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. (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 YAHWEH went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which
was without the camp. (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. (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 YAHWEH
talked with Moses. (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. (11) And YAHWEH 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. (12) And Moses said unto YAHWEH, 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. (13) Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found
grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find
grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. (14) And HE said, My presence
shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. (15) And he said unto HIM,
If thy presence go not with me, carry
us not up hence. (16) For wherein 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. (17) And YAHWEH
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. (18) And he said, I beseech thee, show me THY glory. (19) And HE said,
I will make all MY goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of
YAHWEH before thee; and will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious, and will
show mercy on whom I will show
mercy. (20) And HE said,
Thou canst not see MY face: for
there shall no man see ME, and live.
(21) And YAHWEH said, Behold, there is a place by ME,
and thou shalt stand upon a rock: (22) And it
shall come to pass, while MY glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with MY hand while I pass by: (23) And I will take away MY hand,
and thou shalt see MY back parts:
but MY face shall not be seen.
(I) And YAHWEH 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. (2) And be ready in the morning, and come up in the
morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to ME in the top of the mount. (3) And no
man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the
mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. (4) And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the
first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as
YAHWEH
had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. (5) And YAHWEH descended in the cloud, and stood with him
there, and proclaimed the name of YAHWEH. (6) And YAHWEH
passed by before him, and proclaimed, YAHWEH, YAHWEH El, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and
abundant in goodness and truth, (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.
(8) And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward
the earth, and worshipped. (9) And he said, If now I have
found grace in thy sight, O my Sovereign , let my Sovereign , 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. (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 YAHWEH: for it is a terrible thing that I
will do with thee. (11) Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. (12) Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant
with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in
the midst of thee: (13) But ye shall destroy their altars, break their
images, and cut down their groves: (14) For thou
shalt worship no other el: for YAHWEH, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous El: (15) Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land, and they go a whoring after their elohim, and do sacrifice unto
their elohim, and one call thee, and
thou eat of his sacrifice; (16) And thou take of their
daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their elohim,
and make thy sons go a whoring after their elohim. (17) Thou shalt make thee no molten elohim. (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. (19) All that
openeth the matrix is MINE; and every firstling among thy
cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. (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. (21) Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day
thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. (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. (23) Thrice
in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Sovereign YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel. (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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
thrice in the year. (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. (26) The first of the
firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of YAHWEH thy Elohim. Thou shalt not seethe a kid
in his mother's milk. (27) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Write thou
these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. (28) And he was there with YAHWEH 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. (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. (30) And when Aaron and all the Children of Israel
saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come
nigh him. (31) And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all
the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. (32) And afterward all the Children of Israel came
nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that YAHWEH had spoken with him in mount
Sinai. (33) And till Moses
had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. (34) But when Moses went in before YAHWEH
to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out,
and spake unto the Children of Israel that
which he was commanded. (35) And the Children of
Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put
the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
(I) And Moses gathered all the congregation of the Children of
Israel together, and said unto them, These are
the words which YAHWEH hath commanded, that ye should do them. (2) Six days shall work be
done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to YAHWEH: whosoever doeth work
therein shall be put to death. (3) Ye shall kindle no fire
throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath
day. (4) And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the
Children of Israel, saying, This is the
thing which YAHWEH
commanded, saying, (5) Take ye from among you an offering unto YAHWEH:
whosoever is of a willing heart, let
him bring it, an offering of YAHWEH; gold, and silver, and brass, (6) And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen, and goats' hair, (7) And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood, (8) And oil for the light, and spices for anointing
oil, and for the sweet incense, (9) And onyx
stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (10) And every wise hearted among you shall come, and
make all that YAHWEH
hath commanded; (11) The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his
taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, (12) The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the
covering, (13) The table, and his staves, and all his vessels,
and the showbread, (14) The candlestick also for the light, and his
furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, (15) And the incense altar, and his staves, and the
anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the
entering in of the tabernacle, (16) The altar of burnt
offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and
his foot, (17) The hangings of the court, his pillars, and
their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, (18) The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the
court, and their cords, (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. (20) And all the congregation
of the Children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. (21) And they came, every one whose heart stirred him
up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought YAHWEH’S offering to the work of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. (22) And they came, both men and women, as many as
were willing hearted, and brought
bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every
man that offered offered an offering
of gold unto YAHWEH.
(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. (24)
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought YAHWEH’S
offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the
service, brought it. (25) And all the women that were wise hearted did
spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. (26) And all the women whose heart stirred them up in
wisdom spun goats' hair. (27) And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones
to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; (28) And spice, and oil for the light, and for the
anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. (29) The
Children of Israel brought a willing offering unto YAHWEH, every man and woman, whose
heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which YAHWEH
had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. (30)
And Moses said unto the Children of Israel, See, YAHWEH hath called by name Bezaleel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (31) And he hath filled him with the spirit of Elohim, in wisdom, in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; (32)
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, (33) And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make
any manner of cunning work. (34) And he hath put in his
heart that he may teach, both he, and
Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. (35) Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the 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.
(I) Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted
man, in whom YAHWEH
put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the
service of the sanctuary, according to all that YAHWEH had commanded. (2) And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every
wise hearted man, in whose heart YAHWEH had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to
do it: (3) And they received of Moses all the offering,
which the Children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the
sanctuary, to make it withal. And
they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. (4) And all the wise men, that wrought all the work
of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; (5) And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people
bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which YAHWEH
commanded to make. (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. (7) For the stuff they had was sufficient for all
the work to make it, and too much. (8) And every
wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten
curtains of fine twined linen, and
blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims
of cunning work made he them. (9) The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. (10) And he
coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. (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. (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. (13) And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled
the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. (14) And he made curtains of goats' hair for the
tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. (15) The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. (16) And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and
six curtains by themselves. (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. (18) And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. (19) And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. (20)
And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim
wood, standing up. (21) The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. (22) One board had two tenons, equally distant one
from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. (23) And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty
boards for the south side southward: (24) And
forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one
board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two
tenons. (25) And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he
made twenty boards, (26) And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets
under one board, and two sockets under another board. (27) And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he
made six boards. (28) And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle
in the two sides. (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. (30) And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under
every board two sockets. (31) And he made bars of
shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (32) And five bars for the boards of the other side
of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides
westward. (33) And he made the middle bar to shoot through the
boards from the one end to the other. (34) And he
overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for
the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. (35) And he
made a veil of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims
made he it of cunning work. (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. (37) And he made an hanging
for the tabernacle door of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; (38) And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and
he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets
were of brass.
(I) 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: (2) And he
overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it
round about. (3) And he cast for it four rings of gold, to 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. (4) And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. (5) And he put the staves into the rings by the
sides of the ark, to bear the ark. (6) And he
made the mercy seat of pure gold: two
cubits and a half was the length
thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. (7) And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of
the mercy seat; (8) One cherub on the end on this side, and another
cherub on the other end on that side:
out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. (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. (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: (11) And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made
thereunto a crown of gold round about. (12) Also he
made thereunto a border of a handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold
for the border thereof round about. (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. (14) Over against the border were the rings, the
places for the staves to bear the table. (15) And he
made the staves of shittim wood, and
overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. (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. (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: (18) And six
branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out
of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other
side thereof: (19) Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in
one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another
branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the
candlestick. (20) And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: (21) And a knop under two branches of the same, and a
knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches going out of it. (22)
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure
gold. (23) And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers,
and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. (24) Of a
talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. (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. (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. (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. (28) And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. (29) And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure
incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And he made all the vessels of the altar, the
pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and
the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. (4)
And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof
beneath unto the midst of it. (5) And he cast four rings for
the four ends of the grate of brass, to
be places for the staves. (6) And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
brass. (7) And he put the staves into the rings on the
sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. (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. (9) And he
made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred
cubits: (10) Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets were of silver.
(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. (12) And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their
pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. (13) And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. (14) The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three. (15) And for
the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three. (16) All the hangings
of the court round about were of fine
twined linen. (17) And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets of silver; and the
overlaying of their chapiters of silver;
and all the pillars of the court were filleted
with silver. (18) And the 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. (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.
(20) And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the
court round about, were of brass. (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. (22) And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah, made all that YAHWEH commanded Moses. (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. (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. (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: (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. (27) And of the hundred talents of silver were cast
the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; an hundred sockets
of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. (28)
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for
the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. (29) And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand
and four hundred shekels. (30) And therewith he made the
sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen
altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, (31) And the sockets of the court round about, and the
sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins
of the court round about.
(I) 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 YAHWEH commanded Moses. (2) And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (3) And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and
cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and
in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with
cunning work. (4) They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it
coupled together. (5) And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (6) And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in ouches
of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the Children of
Israel. (7) And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a
memorial to the Children of Israel; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (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. (9) It was foursquare; they made the breastplate
double: a span was the length
thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being
doubled. (10) And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. (11) And the second row, an
emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (12) And the
third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (13)
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings. (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. (15) And they made upon the breastplate chains at the
ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. (16) And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends
of the breastplate. (17) And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in
the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. (18)
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches,
and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. (19) And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate,
upon the border of it, which was on
the side of the ephod inward. (20) And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the
two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the
curious girdle of the ephod. (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 YAHWEH commanded Moses. (22) And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. (23) And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of a
habergeon, with a band round about
the hole, that it should not rend. (24) And they
made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined
linen. (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; (26) A bell and a pomegranate,
a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (27) And they made coats of fine linen of woven
work for Aaron, and for his sons, (28) And a
mitre of fine linen, and goodly
bonnets of fine linen, and linen
breeches of fine twined linen, (29) And a girdle of
fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (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 YAHWEH. (31) And they
tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it
on high upon the mitre; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (32) Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the
tent of the congregation finished: and the Children of Israel did according to
all that YAHWEH
commanded Moses, so did they. (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, (34) And the
covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the
veil of the covering, (35) The ark of the testimony,
and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, (36) The
table, and all the vessels thereof,
and the showbread, (37) The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even
with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil
for light, (38) And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and
the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, (39) The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his
staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, (40) The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his
sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all
the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
(41) The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron
the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. (42) According to all that YAHWEH commanded Moses, so the
Children of Israel made all the work. (43) And
Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as YAHWEH
had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) On the first day of the first month shalt thou
set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. (3) And thou shalt put therein the ark of the
testimony, and cover the ark with the veil. (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. (5) And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the
incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the
tabernacle. (6) And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt
offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. (7) And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of
the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. (8) And thou shalt set up the court round about, and
hang up the hanging at the court gate. (9) And thou
shalt take the 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. (10) And thou
shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify
the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. (11)
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. (12) And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. (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. (14) And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them
with coats: (15) And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint
their father, that they may minister unto ME
in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting
priesthood throughout their generations. (16) Thus did
Moses: according to all that YAHWEH commanded him, so did he. (17) And it came to pass in the first month in the
second year, on the first day of the
month, that the tabernacle was reared
up. (18) And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened
his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and
reared up his pillars. (19) And he spread abroad the
tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (20) And he took and put the testimony into the ark,
and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: (21) And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and
set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (22) And he put the table in the tent of the
congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. (23) And he set the bread in order upon it before YAHWEH;
as YAHWEH
had commanded Moses. (24) And he put the
candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle southward. (25) And he
lighted the lamps before YAHWEH; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (26) And he put the golden altar in the tent of the
congregation before the veil: (27) and he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (28) And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. (29) And he
put the altar of burnt offering by the
door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the
burnt offering and the meat offering; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (30) And he set the laver between the tent of the
congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. (31) And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their
hands and their feet thereat: (32) when they went into the
tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed;
as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (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. (34) Then a cloud covered the tent of the
congregation, and the glory of YAHWEH filled the tabernacle. (35) And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of
the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of YAHWEH
filled the tabernacle. (36) And when the cloud was
taken up from over the tabernacle, the Children of Israel went onward in all their
journeys: (37) But if the cloud were not taken up, then they
journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. (38)
For the cloud of YAHWEH 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.
(I) And YAHWEH called unto Moses, and spake unto him out
of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, (2)
Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring
an offering unto YAHWEH, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. (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 YAHWEH. (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. (5) And he
shall kill the bullock before YAHWEH: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall
bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. (6) And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it
into his pieces. (7) And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire
upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: (8) And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the
parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon
the altar: (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
savour unto YAHWEH.
(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. (11) And he shall kill it on the side of the altar
northward before YAHWEH: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his
blood round about upon the altar. (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: (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 savour unto YAHWEH. (14) And if
the burnt sacrifice for his offering to YAHWEH be of
fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. (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: (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: (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 savour unto YAHWEH.
(I) And when any will offer a meat offering unto YAHWEH,
his offering shall be of fine flour;
and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: (2) And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the
priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the 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 savour unto YAHWEH: (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 YAHWEH
made by fire. (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. (5) And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in
a pan, it shall be of fine flour
unleavened, mingled with oil. (6) Thou shalt part it in
pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a
meat offering. (7) And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in
the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine
flour with oil. (8) And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is
made of these things unto YAHWEH: and when it is presented unto the priest,
he shall bring it unto the altar. (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 savour unto YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH
made by fire. (11) No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto YAHWEH,
shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any
offering of YAHWEH
made by fire. (12) As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall
offer them unto YAHWEH:
but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. (13) And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt
thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of
thy Elohim
to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer
salt. (14) And if thou offer a meat offering of thy
firstfruits unto YAHWEH, 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. (15)
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. (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 YAHWEH.
(I) 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 YAHWEH.
(2) And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his
offering, and kill it at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle
the blood upon the altar round about. (3) And he
shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire
unto YAHWEH;
the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, (4) And the
two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. (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 savour unto YAHWEH. (6) And if
his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto YAHWEH be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
(7) If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall
he offer it before YAHWEH. (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. (9) And he
shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire
unto YAHWEH;
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, (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. (11) And the priest shall burn
it upon the altar: it is the food of
the offering made by fire unto YAHWEH. (12) And if
his offering be a goat, then he shall
offer it before YAHWEH.
(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. (14) And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH;
the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, (15) And the
two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. (16) And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by
fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is YAHWEH’S.
(17) It shall
be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings,
that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, saying, If a
soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of YAHWEH concerning things which ought not to be
done, and shall do against any of them: (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 YAHWEH
for a sin offering. (4) And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation before YAHWEH; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's
head, and kill the bullock before YAHWEH. (5) And the
priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the
tabernacle of the congregation: (6) and the
priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times
before YAHWEH,
before the veil of the sanctuary. (7) And the
priest shall put some of the blood
upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before YAHWEH, 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. (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, (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, (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. (11) And the
skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and
his inwards, and his dung, (12) Even the whole bullock
shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are
poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out
shall he be burnt. (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 YAHWEH
concerning things which should not be
done, and are guilty; (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. (15) And the elders of the congregation shall lay
their hands upon the head of the bullock before YAHWEH: and the bullock shall be
killed before YAHWEH.
(16) And the priest that is anointed shall bring of
the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: (17) And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before YAHWEH,
even before the veil. (18) And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before YAHWEH, 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. (19) And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn
it upon the altar. (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. (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. (22) When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of YAHWEH his Elohim concerning things which should not be
done, and is guilty; (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: (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 YAHWEH:
it is a sin offering. (25) And the priest shall take of the blood of the
sin offering with his finger, and put it upon
the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the
bottom of the altar of burnt offering. (26) And he
shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace
offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his
sin, and it shall be forgiven him. (27) And if
any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of YAHWEH
concerning things which ought not to
be done, and be guilty; (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. (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. (30) And the priest shall take of the blood thereof
with his finger, and put it upon the
horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof
at the bottom of the altar. (31) And he shall take away
all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace
offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon
the altar for a sweet savour unto YAHWEH; and the priest shall make an atonement
for him, and it shall be forgiven him. (32) And if
he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
(33) And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the
sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the
burnt offering. (34) And the priest shall take of the blood of the
sin offering with his finger, and put it upon
the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood
thereof at the bottom of the altar: (35) And he
shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from
the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the
altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto YAHWEH: and the priest shall make
an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
(I) 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. (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. (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. (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) 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:
(6) And he shall bring his trespass offering unto YAHWEH
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. (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 YAHWEH; one for a sin offering, and the other for
a burnt offering. (8) And he shall bring them unto the priest, who
shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring
off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: (9) And he shall sprinkle of
the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the
blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. (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. (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
upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense
thereon: for it is a sin offering. (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 YAHWEH: it is a sin offering. (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. (14) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (15) If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through
ignorance, in the holy things of YAHWEH; then he shall bring for his trespass unto
YAHWEH
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: (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. (17) And if a soul sin, and commit any of these
things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of YAHWEH; though he
wist it not, yet is he guilty, and
shall bear his iniquity. (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. (19) It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against YAHWEH.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against YAHWEH,
and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in
fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his
neighbour; (3) Or have found that which was lost, and lieth
concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth,
sinning therein: (4) Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is
guilty, that he shall restore that 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, (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) And he shall bring his trespass offering unto YAHWEH,
a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass
offering, unto the priest: (7) And the priest shall make
an atonement for him before YAHWEH: and it shall be forgiven him for any
thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. (8) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (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. (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. (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. (13) The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar;
it shall never go out. (14) And this is the law of the meat offering: the
sons of Aaron shall offer it before YAHWEH, before the altar. (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 savour, even the memorial of it, unto YAHWEH. (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. (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. (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
YAHWEH
made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. (19) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (20) This is the
offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto YAHWEH
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. (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 savour unto YAHWEH. (22) And the
priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto YAHWEH;
it shall be wholly burnt. (23) For every meat offering
for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. (24) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (25) Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the
place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed
before YAHWEH:
it is most holy. (26) The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat
it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the
congregation. (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. (28) But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden
shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured,
and rinsed in water. (29) All the males among the
priests shall eat thereof: it is most
holy. (30) And no sin 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.
(I) Likewise this is the
law of the trespass offering: it is most
holy. (2) In the place where they kill the burnt offering
shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle
round about upon the altar. (3) And he shall offer of it
all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, (4) And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that
is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: (5) And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH:
it is a trespass offering. (6) Every male among the priests shall eat thereof:
it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is
most holy. (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. (8) And the priest that offereth any man's burnt
offering, even the priest shall have
to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. (9) And 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. (10) And every meat offering,
mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. (11) And this is
the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto YAHWEH.
(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. (13) Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the
sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. (14) And of it he shall offer one out of the whole
oblation for a heave offering unto YAHWEH,
and it shall be the priest's that
sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. (15)
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be
eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the
morning. (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: (17) But the
remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with
fire. (18) And if any
of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten 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. (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. (20) But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto YAHWEH, having his uncleanness upon
him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. (21) Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable
unclean thing, and eat of the flesh
of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain
unto YAHWEH,
even that soul shall be cut off from his people. (22)
And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Speak unto the Children
of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of
goat. (24) And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself,
and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use:
but ye shall in no wise eat of it. (25) For
whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by
fire unto YAHWEH,
even the soul that eateth it shall be
cut off from his people. (26) Moreover ye shall eat no
manner of blood, whether it be of
fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. (27)
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any
manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. (28) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (29) Speak unto the Children of Israel, saying, He
that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto YAHWEH shall bring his oblation
unto YAHWEH
of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. (30) His own
hands shall bring the offerings of YAHWEH made by fire, the fat with the breast, it
shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before YAHWEH. (31) And the
priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and
his sons'. (32) And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the
priest for a heave offering of the
sacrifices of your peace offerings. (33) He among
the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat,
shall have the right shoulder for his part.
(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. (35) This is
the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons,
out of the offerings of YAHWEH made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto YAHWEH
in the priest's office; (36) Which YAHWEH
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. (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; (38) Which YAHWEH
commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the Children of
Israel to offer their oblations unto YAHWEH, in the wilderness of Sinai.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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; (3) And
gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation. (4) And Moses did as YAHWEH commanded him; and the
assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. (5) And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which YAHWEH commanded to be done. (6) And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed
them with water. (7) And he put upon him the coat, and girded him
with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and
he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. (8) And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put
in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. (9)
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy
crown; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (10) And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed
the tabernacle and all that was therein,
and sanctified them. (11) And he sprinkled thereof
upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both
the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. (12) And he
poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify
him. (13) And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats
upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (14) And he brought the bullock for the sin offering:
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the
sin offering. (15) And he slew it;
and Moses took the blood, and put it upon
the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and
poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make
reconciliation upon it. (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. (17) But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and
his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (18) And he brought the ram for the burnt offering:
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. (19) And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. (20) And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt
the head, and the pieces, and the fat. (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 savour, and an offering
made by fire unto YAHWEH; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (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.
(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. (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. (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: (26) And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before YAHWEH, he took one unleavened
cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: (27) And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his
sons' hands, and waved them for a
wave offering before YAHWEH. (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 savour:
it is an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH.
(29) And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before YAHWEH:
for of the ram of consecration it was
Moses' part; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (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. (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. (32) And that
which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. (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. (34) As he hath done this day, so YAHWEH
hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. (35) Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night
seven days, and keep the charge of YAHWEH, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. (36) So Aaron and his sons did all things which YAHWEH
commanded by the hand of Moses.
(I) And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; (2) And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf
for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before YAHWEH. (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; (4) Also a bullock and a ram
for peace offerings, to sacrifice before YAHWEH; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for
to day YAHWEH
will appear unto you. (5) And they brought that which Moses commanded before the
tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood
before YAHWEH.
(6) And Moses said, This is the thing which YAHWEH commanded that ye should do: and the glory
of YAHWEH
shall appear unto you. (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 YAHWEH commanded. (8)
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering,
which was for himself. (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: (10) But the fat, and the
kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the
altar; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (11) And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire
without the camp. (12) And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons
presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. (13) And they presented the burnt offering unto him,
with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. (14) And he
did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. (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. (16) And he brought the burnt offering, and offered
it according to the manner. (17) And he brought the meat
offering, and took a handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. (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, (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: (20) And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he
burnt the fat upon the altar: (21) And the breasts and the
right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave
offering before YAHWEH;
as Moses commanded. (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. (23) And
Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and
blessed the people: and the glory of YAHWEH appeared unto all the people. (24) And there came a fire out from before YAHWEH,
and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
(I) 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 YAHWEH,
which he commanded them not. (2) And there went out fire
from YAHWEH,
and devoured them, and they died before YAHWEH. (3) Then
Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that
YAHWEH
spake, saying, I will be sanctified
in them that come nigh ME, and
before all the people I will be
glorified. And Aaron held his peace. (4) And Moses
called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said
unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the
camp. (5) So they went near, and carried them in their
coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. (6) And Moses
said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, 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 YAHWEH
hath kindled. (7) And ye shall not go out from the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of YAHWEH is upon you. And they did according to
the word of Moses. (8) And YAHWEH spake unto Aaron, saying, (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) And that ye may put
difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; (11) And that ye may teach the Children of Israel all
the statutes which YAHWEH hath spoken unto them by the hand of
Moses. (12) And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and
unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of
the offerings of YAHWEH made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the
altar: for it is most holy: (13) And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because
it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of
the sacrifices of YAHWEH made by fire: for so I am commanded. (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. (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 YAHWEH; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with
thee, by a statute for ever; as YAHWEH hath commanded. (16) And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin
offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar,
the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, (17) Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in
the holy place, seeing it is most holy,
and Elohim hath given it you to bear the iniquity
of the congregation, to make atonement for them before YAHWEH? (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. (19) And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have
they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before YAHWEH;
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
YAHWEH?
(20) And when Moses heard that, he was content.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto
them, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, saying, These
are the beasts which ye shall eat
among all the beasts that are on the
earth. (3) Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is
clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud,
among the beasts, that shall ye eat. (4)
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that
divide the hoof: as the camel,
because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. (5) And the
coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. (6) And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but
divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
unto you. (7) And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be
clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. (8) Of their flesh shall ye
not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. (9) These
shall ye eat of all that are in the waters:
whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers,
them shall ye eat. (10) And all that have not fins and scales in the
seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living
thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: (11) They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye
shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. (12) Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the
waters, that shall be an abomination
unto you. (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 osprey, (14) And the
vulture, and the kite after his kind; (15) Every
raven after his kind; (16) And the owl, and the
night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, (17) And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the
great owl, (18) And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier
eagle, (19) And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the
lapwing, and the bat. (20) All fowls that creep,
going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. (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; (22) Even these
of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his
kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. (23) But all other
flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. (24)
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall
be unclean until the even. (25) And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (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. (27) And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all
manner of beasts that go on all four,
those are unclean unto you: whoso
toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. (28) And he that beareth the carcase of them shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. (29) 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, (30) And the ferret, and the
chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (31) These are unclean
to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead,
shall be unclean until the even. (32) And upon
whatsoever any of them, when they are
dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or 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. (33) And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall
break it. (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. (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. (36) Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall
be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. (37) And if any
part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. (38) But if any
water be put upon the seed, and any
part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall
be unclean unto you. (39) And if any beast, of
which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean
until the even. (40) And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the
carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (41) And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth shall be an abomination; it
shall not be eaten. (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. (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. (44) For I am YAHWEH
your Elohim:
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. (45) For I am YAHWEH that bringeth you up
out of the land of Egypt, to be your Elohim: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am
holy. (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: (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (3) And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin
shall be circumcised. (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. (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. (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: (7) Who shall offer it before YAHWEH,
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. (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, (2) When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a
rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he
shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: (3) And the priest shall look on the plague in the
skin of the flesh: and 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. (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: (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: (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. (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: (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. (9) When the plague of leprosy
is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; (10) And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the
rising be white in the skin, and it
have turned the hair white, and there be quick
raw flesh in the rising; (11) It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. (12) And if a leprosy break
out abroad in the 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; (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. (14) But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be
unclean. (15) And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and
pronounce him to be unclean: for the
raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. (16) Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed
unto white, he shall come unto the priest; (17) And the
priest shall see him: and, behold, if the
plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
(18) The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, (19) And in the place of the boil there be a white
rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the
priest; (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. (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: (22) And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is
a plague. (23) But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (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; (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. (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: (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. (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. (29) If a man
or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; (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. (31) And if
the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin,
and that there is no black hair in
it; then the priest shall shut up him
that hath the plague of the scall seven days: (32) And in the seventh day the priest shall look on
the plague: and, behold, if the scall
spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; (33) He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not
shave; and the priest shall shut up him
that hath the scall seven days more: (34) And in
the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin,
nor be in sight deeper than the skin;
then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and
be clean. (35) But if the scall spread much in the skin after
his cleansing; (36) Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold,
if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair;
he is unclean. (37) But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up
therein; the scall is healed, he is clean:
and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (38) If a man
also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; (39) Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their
flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is
clean. (40) And the man whose hair is fallen off his head,
he is bald; yet is he clean. (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. (42) And if there be in the bald head, or bald
forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a
leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. (43) Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold,
if the 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; (44) He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his
plague is in his head. (45) And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his
head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
Unclean, unclean. (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. (47)
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; (48) Whether it
be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in
any thing made of skin; (49) And if the plague be
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 showed unto the priest: (50) And the priest shall look upon the plague, and
shut up it that hath the plague seven
days: (51) And he shall look on the plague on the seventh
day: if the plague be spread in the 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. (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. (53) And if the priest shall
look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp,
or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; (54) Then the
priest shall command that they wash the
thing wherein the plague is, and
he shall shut it up seven days more: (55) And the
priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his
colour, 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. (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: (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. (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. (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) This shall be the law of the leper in the day of
his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: (3) And the priest shall go forth out of the camp;
and the priest shall look, and, behold, if
the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; (4) Then shall the priest command to take for him
that is to be cleansed two birds alive and
clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: (5) And the priest shall command that one of the
birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: (6) As for the living bird, he shall take it, and
the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the
living bird in the blood of the bird that
was killed over the running water: (7) And he
shall sprinkle upon 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. (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. (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. (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. (11)
And the priest that maketh him clean
shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before YAHWEH,
at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation: (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 YAHWEH:
(13) And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he
shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as
the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: (14) And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall
put it upon the tip of the right ear
of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon
the great toe of his right foot: (15) And the
priest shall take some of the log of
oil, and pour it into the palm of his
own left hand: (16) And the priest shall dip his right finger in the
oil that is in his left hand, and
shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before YAHWEH:
(17) And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon
the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of
his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the
trespass offering: (18) And the 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 YAHWEH. (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:
(20) And the priest shall offer the burnt offering
and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement
for him, and he shall be clean. (21) And if
he be poor, and 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; (22) And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such
as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a
burnt offering. (23) And he shall bring them on the eighth day for
his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, before YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH:
(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: (26) And the priest shall pour of the oil into the
palm of his own left hand: (27) And the priest shall
sprinkle with his right finger some of
the oil that is in his left hand
seven times before YAHWEH: (28) And the
priest shall put of the oil that is in
his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the
place of the blood of the trespass offering: (29)
And the rest of the oil that is in
the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to
make an atonement for him before YAHWEH. (30) And he
shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can
get; (31) Even such
as he is able to get, the one for a
sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement
for him that is to be cleansed before YAHWEH. (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. (33) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (34) When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house
of the land of your possession; (35) And he
that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the
house: (36) Then the priest shall 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: (37) And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or
reddish, which in sight are lower
than the wall; (38) Then the priest shall go out of the house to the
door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: (39) And the priest shall come again the seventh day,
and shall look: and, behold, if the
plague be spread in the walls of the house; (40) Then the
priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an
unclean place without the city: (41) And he
shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out
the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: (42) And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and
he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. (43) And if the plague come again, and break out in
the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped
the house, and after it is plastered; (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. (45) And he shall break down the house, the stones of
it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry
them forth out of the city into an
unclean place. (46) Moreover he that goeth into the house all the
while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. (47) And he that lieth in the house shall wash his
clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. (48) And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath
not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then the priest shall
pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. (49) And he shall take to cleanse the house two
birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: (50)
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
(51) And he shall take the cedar wood, and the
hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the
slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: (52) And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of
the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the
cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: (53) But he shall let go the living bird out of the
city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be
clean. (54) This is the
law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, (55) And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a
house, (56) And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a
bright spot: (57) To teach when it is unclean, and when it is
clean: this is the law of
leprosy.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, (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.
(3) And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue:
whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue,
it is his uncleanness. (4) Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue,
is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. (5) And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even. (6) And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the
issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and be unclean until the even. (7)
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even. (8) And if he that hath the
issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even. (9) And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath
the issue shall be unclean. (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. (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. (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. (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. (14) And on the eighth day he shall take to him two
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before YAHWEH unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: (15) And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest
shall make an atonement for him before YAHWEH for his issue. (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. (17) And every garment, and every skin, whereon is
the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the
even. (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. (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. (20) And every thing that she lieth upon in her
separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be
unclean. (21) And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even. (22) And whosoever toucheth
any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even. (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. (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. (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. (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. (27) And whosoever toucheth those things shall be
unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (28) But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she
shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. (29) And on the eighth day she shall take unto her
two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation. (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 YAHWEH
for the issue of her uncleanness. (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. (32) This is the
law of him that hath an issue, and of him
whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; (33) And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of
him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth
with her that is unclean.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses after the death of the
two sons of Aaron, when they offered before YAHWEH, and died; (2) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy
brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the
mercy seat. (3) Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin
offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. (4) He shall
put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his
flesh, and shall be girded with 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. (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. (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. (7) And he shall take the two goats, and present
them before YAHWEH
at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. (8) And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats;
one lot for YAHWEH,
and the other lot for the scapegoat. (9) And Aaron
shall bring the goat upon which YAHWEH’S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. (10) But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the
scapegoat, shall be presented alive before YAHWEH, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into
the wilderness. (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: (12) And he shall take a censer full of burning coals
of fire from off the altar before YAHWEH, and his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small, and bring it within the
veil: (13) And he shall put the incense upon the fire
before YAHWEH,
that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: (14) And he shall take of the blood of the bullock,
and 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. (15) Then
shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with
that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy
seat, and before the mercy seat: (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. (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. (18) And he shall go out unto the altar that is before YAHWEH, and make an atonement for
it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat,
and put it upon the horns of the
altar round about. (19) And he shall 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. (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: (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: (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. (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: (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 the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for
himself, and for the people. (25) And the fat of the sin
offering shall he burn upon the altar. (26) And he
that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. (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. (28) And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. (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: (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 YAHWEH. (31) It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a
statute for ever. (32) And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom
he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead,
shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: (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. (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 YAHWEH commanded Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto
all the Children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which YAHWEH hath commanded, saying, (3) What man soever there be of the House of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or
goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out
of the camp, (4) And bringeth it not unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto YAHWEH before the tabernacle of YAHWEH;
blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be
cut off from among his people: (5) To the end that the
Children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open
field, even that they may bring them unto YAHWEH, unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto YAHWEH. (6) And the
priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of YAHWEH at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat
for a sweet savour unto YAHWEH. (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. (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, (9) And bringeth it not unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto YAHWEH; even that man shall be cut
off from among his people. (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. (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. (12) Therefore I said unto the Children of Israel, No
soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among
you eat blood. (13) And whatsoever man there be of the Children of Israel, or of the strangers that
sojourn among 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. (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. (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. (16) But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, I am YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(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. (4) Ye shall
do MY judgments, and keep MINE ordinances, to walk therein: I
am YAHWEH your Elohim. (5) Ye shall therefore keep MY statutes, and MY
judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am YAHWEH. (6) None of you shall approach to any that is near
of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness:
I am YAHWEH.
(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. (8) The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou
not uncover: it is thy father's
nakedness. (9) The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy
father, or daughter of thy mother, whether
she be born at home, or born abroad, even
their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. (10) The
nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not
uncover: for theirs is thine own
nakedness. (11) The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter,
begotten of thy father, she is thy
sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (12)
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. (13) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
mother's sister; for she is thy
mother's near kinswoman. (14) Thou shalt not uncover
the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she
is thine aunt. (15) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
daughter in law: she is thy son's
wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (16) Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. (17) Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, 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) Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to
vex her, to uncover her nakedness,
beside the other in her life time. (19) Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to
uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. (20) Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy
neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. (21)
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy Elohim:
I am YAHWEH.
(22) Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with
womankind: it is abomination. (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. (24) Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things:
for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: (25) And the
land is defiled: therefore I do
visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her
inhabitants. (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: (27) (For all these abominations have the men of the
land done, which were before you, and
the land is defiled;) (28) That the land spue not
you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. (29) For whosoever shall commit any of these
abominations, even the souls that commit them
shall be cut off from among their people. (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 YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto all the congregation of the Children
of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I YAHWEH
your Elohim
am holy. (3) Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his
father, and keep MY Sabbaths: I am YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(4) Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves
molten elohim: I am YAHWEH your Elohim. (5) And if ye
offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto YAHWEH, ye shall offer it at your own will. (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. (7) And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
(8) Therefore every
one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the
hallowed thing of YAHWEH: and that soul shall be cut off from among
his people. (9) And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the
gleanings of thy harvest. (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 YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(11) Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely,
neither lie one to another. (12) And ye shall not swear by
MY name falsely, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy Elohim: I
am YAHWEH. (13)
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all
night until the morning. (14) Thou shalt not curse the
deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy Elohim:
I am YAHWEH.
(15) Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou
shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge
thy neighbour. (16) Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:
neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am YAHWEH.
(17) Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart:
thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. (18) Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself: I am YAHWEH.
(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. (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. (21) And he shall bring his
trespass offering unto YAHWEH, unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, even a ram for a
trespass offering. (22) And the priest shall make an atonement for him
with the ram of the trespass offering before YAHWEH for his sin which he hath
done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. (23) And when ye shall come into the land, and shall
have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit
thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it
shall not be eaten of. (24) But in the fourth year
all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise YAHWEH withal. (25) And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit
thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am YAHWEH your Elohim.
(26) Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor
observe times. (27) Ye shall not round the corners of your heads,
neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. (28)
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks
upon you: I am YAHWEH.
(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. (30) Ye shall keep MY Sabbaths, and reverence MY
sanctuary: I am YAHWEH.
(31) Regard not them that have familiar spirits,
neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am YAHWEH your Elohim.
(32) Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and
honour the face of the old man, and fear thy Elohim: I am YAHWEH. (33) And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your
land, ye shall not vex him. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim. (35) Ye shall
do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (36) Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a
just hin, shall ye have: I am YAHWEH your Elohim, which brought you out of the land of
Egypt. (37) Therefore shall ye observe all MY statutes, and all MY judgments, and do them: I am YAHWEH.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (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. (4) And if the people of the land do any ways hide
their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him
not: (5) Then I
will set MY face against that man,
and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after
him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (6) And the soul that turneth 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. (7) Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy:
for I am YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(8) And ye shall keep MY statutes, and do them: I
am YAHWEH which sanctify you. (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. (10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the
adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (11) And the man that lieth with his father's wife
hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon
them. (12) And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both
of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. (13) 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. (14) And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with
fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. (15) And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely
be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. (16)
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill
the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. (17) And if a man shall take his sister, his father's
daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her 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. (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. (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) 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. (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. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim, which have separated you
from other people. (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. (26) And ye
shall be holy unto ME: for I YAHWEH am holy,
and have severed you from other people,
that ye should be MINE. (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.
(I) And YAHWEH 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: (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, (3) And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto
him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. (4) But he
shall not defile himself, being a
chief man among his people, to profane himself. (5)
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the
corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. (6) They shall be holy unto their Elohim,
and not profane the name of their Elohim: for the offerings of YAHWEH made by fire, and the bread of their Elohim,
they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. (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 Elohim.
(8) Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he
offereth the bread of thy Elohim: he shall be holy unto thee: for I YAHWEH, which sanctify you, am holy. (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. (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; (11) Neither
shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his
mother; (12) Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor
profane the sanctuary of his Elohim; for the crown of the anointing oil of his
Elohim
is upon him: I am YAHWEH. (13) And he shall take a wife in her virginity. (14) A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take:
but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. (15) Neither shall he profane his seed among his
people: for I YAHWEH do sanctify him. (16) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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 Elohim. (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, (19) Or a man
that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, (20) Or
crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or
scabbed, or hath his stones broken; (21) No man
that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer
the offerings of YAHWEH made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh
to offer the bread of his Elohim. (22) He shall
eat the bread of his Elohim, both
of the most holy, and of the holy. (23) Only he
shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a
blemish; that he profane not MY
sanctuaries: for I YAHWEH
do sanctify them. (24) And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the Children of
Israel.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they
separate themselves from the holy things of the Children of Israel, and that
they profane not MY holy name in those things which they hallow unto ME: I am YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH, having his uncleanness upon
him, that soul shall be cut off from MY
presence: I am YAHWEH.
(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; (5) Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing,
whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever
uncleanness he hath; (6) The soul which hath
touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy
things, unless he wash his flesh with water. (7)
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy
things; because it is his food. (8) That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile
himself therewith: I am YAHWEH. (9) They
shall therefore keep MINE ordinance,
lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I YAHWEH do sanctify them. (10) There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant,
shall not eat of the holy thing. (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. (12) If the
priest's daughter also be married unto
a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. (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 no stranger eat
thereof. (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. (15) And they shall not profane the holy things of
the Children of Israel, which they offer unto YAHWEH; (16) Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass,
when they eat their holy things: for I
YAHWEH
do sanctify them. (17) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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 YAHWEH for a burnt offering; (19) Ye shall
offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep,
or of the goats. (20) But whatsoever
hath a blemish, that shall ye not
offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. (21)
And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto YAHWEH 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) Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or
scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto YAHWEH, nor make an offering by
fire of them upon the altar unto YAHWEH. (23) Either a
bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that
mayest thou offer for a freewill
offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. (24) Ye shall not offer unto YAHWEH that which is bruised, or
crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. (25)
Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your Elohim
of any of these; because their corruption is
in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted
for you. (26) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (27) When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought
forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and
thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH.
(28) And whether
it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. (29) And when ye will offer a sacrifice of
thanksgiving unto YAHWEH, offer it
at your own will. (30) On the same day it shall
be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am YAHWEH. (31) Therefore shall ye keep MY Commandments, and do them: I
am YAHWEH. (32)
Neither shall ye profane MY holy name;
but I will be hallowed among the
Children of Israel: I am YAHWEH which hallow you, (33) That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be
your Elohim:
I am YAHWEH.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, Concerning the feasts [mow'ed:H4150-appointments]
of YAHWEH,
which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, even these are MY
feasts [appointments].
(3) Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of YAHWEH
in all your dwellings. (4) These are the feasts [appointments] of YAHWEH, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. (5) In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is
YAHWEH’S
Passover. (6) And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast (festival
[chag-H2282]) of unleavened
bread unto YAHWEH:
seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. (7) In the
first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein. (8) But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto
YAHWEH
seven days: in the seventh day is a
holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (9) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (10) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye be come into the land which I
give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf
of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: (11) And he shall wave the sheaf before YAHWEH,
to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. (12)
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf a he lamb without blemish of
the first year for a burnt offering unto YAHWEH. (13) And the
meat offering thereof shall be two
tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH for a sweet savour: and the drink
offering thereof shall be of wine,
the fourth part of an hin. (14) And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched
corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering
unto your Elohim:
it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (15) And ye shall count unto you from the morrow
after the Sabbath, from the day that
ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: (16) Even
unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath
shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH,
with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto YAHWEH.
(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. (20) And the priest shall wave them with the bread of
the firstfruits for a wave offering
before YAHWEH
with the two lambs: they shall be holy to YAHWEH for the priest. (21) And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be a 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. (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
YAHWEH your Elohim. (23) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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, a holy convocation. (25) Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH.
(26) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (27) Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there
shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and
ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH your Elohim. (29) For
whatsoever soul it be that shall not
be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. (30) And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. (31) Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (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. (33) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (34) Speak unto the Children of Israel, saying, The
fifteenth day of this seventh month shall
be the Feast (festival
[chag-H2282]) of Tabernacles for seven days unto YAHWEH. (35) On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (36)
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH: on the eighth day shall be
a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH:
it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. (37)
These are the feasts [appointments] of
YAHWEH,
which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto YAHWEH, a burnt offering, and a
meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: (38) Beside the Sabbaths
of YAHWEH,
and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill
offerings, which ye give unto YAHWEH. (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 (festival
[chag-H2282]) unto YAHWEH
seven days: on the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth
day shall be a Sabbath. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim seven days. (41)
And ye shall keep it a feast (festival
[chag-H2282]) unto YAHWEH
seven days in the year. It shall be a
statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh
month. (42) Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that
are Israelites born shall dwell in
booths: (43) That your generations may know that I made the Children of Israel to dwell
in booths, when I brought them out
of the land of Egypt: I am YAHWEH your Elohim. (44) And
Moses declared unto the Children of Israel the feasts [appointments] of YAHWEH.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (3) Without the veil of the testimony, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the
morning before YAHWEH
continually: it shall be a statute
for ever in your generations. (4) He shall order the lamps
upon the pure candlestick before YAHWEH continually. (5) And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve
cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. (6) And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a
row, upon the pure table before YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH. (8) Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before
YAHWEH
continually, being taken from the
Children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. (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 YAHWEH
made by fire by a perpetual statute. (10) And the
son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was
an Egyptian, went out among the Children of Israel: and this son of the
Israelitish woman and a man of Israel
strove together in the camp; (11) And the Israelitish
woman's son blasphemed the name of YAHWEH,
and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of
the tribe of Dan:) (12) And they put him in ward, that the mind of YAHWEH
might be showed them. (13) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (14) Bring forth him that hath cursed without the
camp; and let all that heard him lay
their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. (15) And thou shalt speak unto the Children of
Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his Elohim shall bear his sin. (16) And he that blasphemeth the name of YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH,
shall be put to death. (17) And he that killeth any
man shall surely be put to death. (18) And he
that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. (19) And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour;
as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; (20)
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in
a man, so shall it be done to him again.
(21) And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore
it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. (22) Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the
stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am YAHWEH your Elohim.
(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 YAHWEH commanded Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye come into the land which I
give you, then shall the land keep a Sabbath
unto YAHWEH.
(3) Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six
years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; (4) But in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land, a Sabbath for YAHWEH: thou shalt neither sow thy
field, nor prune thy vineyard. (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. (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,
(7) And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase
thereof be meat. (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. (9) Then
shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee 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. (10) And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim
liberty throughout all the land unto
all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall
return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his
family. (11) A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye
shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. (12) For it is the
jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of
the field. (13) In the year of this jubilee ye shall return
every man unto his possession. (14) And if thou sell ought
unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of
thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: (15) According to the number of years after the
jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and
according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: (16) According to the multitude of years thou shalt
increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt
diminish the price of it: for according to
the number of the years of the fruits
doth he sell unto thee. (17) Ye shall not therefore
oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy Elohim: for I am YAHWEH your Elohim.
(18) Wherefore ye shall do MY statutes, and keep MY
judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. (19) And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall
eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. (20) And if
ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor
gather in our increase: (21) Then I will command MY
blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three
years. (22) And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year;
until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the
old store. (23) The land shall not be sold for ever: for the
land is MINE; for ye are strangers
and sojourners with ME. (24) And in all the land of your possession ye shall
grant a redemption for the land. (25) If thy
brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some
of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he
redeem that which his brother sold. (26) And if
the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; (27) Then let 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. (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
jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his
possession. (29) And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled
city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. (30) And if it be not redeemed within the space of a
full year, then the house that is in
the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout
his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. (31) But the houses of the villages which have no
wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may
be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. (32) Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their
possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. (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 jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Children
of Israel. (34) But the field of the suburbs of their cities may
not be sold; for it is their
perpetual possession. (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. (36) Take
thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy Elohim; that thy brother may live
with thee. (37) Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury,
nor lend him thy victuals for increase. (38) I am YAHWEH
your Elohim,
which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of
Canaan, and to be your Elohim.
(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: (40) But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with
thee, and shall serve thee unto the
year of jubilee: (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. (42) For they
are MY servants, which I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. (43) Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but
shalt fear thy Elohim.
(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. (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. (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 rigour. (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: (48) After that he is sold he
may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: (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. (50) And he shall reckon with him that bought him
from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price
of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time
of an hired servant shall it be with him. (51) If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall
give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
(52) And if there remain but few years unto the year
of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and
according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his
redemption. (53) And as
a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. (54) And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year
of jubilee, both he, and his children
with him. (55) For unto ME
the Children of Israel are servants;
they are MY servants whom I
brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I
am YAHWEH your Elohim.
(I) 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 YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(2) Ye shall keep MY Sabbaths, and reverence MY
sanctuary: I am YAHWEH.
(3) If ye walk in MY statutes, and keep MY
Commandments, and do them; (4) Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (5) And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage,
and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread
to the full, and dwell in your land safely. (6) And I will give peace in the land, and ye
shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid:
and I will rid evil beasts out of
the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. (7) And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall
fall before you by the sword. (8) And five of you shall
chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and
your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. (9)
For I will have respect unto you,
and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish MY Covenant with you. (10) And ye
shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. (11) And I
will set MY tabernacle among you:
and MY soul shall not abhor you. (12) And I
will walk among you, and will be your Elohim, and ye shall be MY people. (13) I am YAHWEH your Elohim,
which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their
bondmen; and I have broken the bands
of your yoke, and made you go upright. (14) But if
ye will not hearken unto ME, and
will not do all these commandments; (15) And if
ye shall despise MY statutes, or if
your soul abhor MY judgments, so
that ye will not do all MY Commandments,
but that ye break MY Covenant: (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, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in
vain, for your enemies shall eat it. (17) And I will set MY face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies:
they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth
you. (18) And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto
ME, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. (19) And I
will break the pride of your power; and I
will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: (20) And your strength shall be spent in vain: for
your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land
yield their fruits. (21) And if ye walk contrary unto ME, and will not hearken unto ME; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your
sins. (22) 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. (23) And if
ye will not be reformed by ME by
these things, but will walk contrary unto ME;
(24) then will I
also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
(25) And I
will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of 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) 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. (27)
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto ME, but walk contrary unto ME;
(28) Then I
will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise
you seven times for your sins. (29) And ye shall eat the
flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. (30) And I
will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases
upon the carcases of your idols, and MY
soul shall abhor you. (31) And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the
savour of your sweet odours. (32) And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell
therein shall be astonished at it. (33) And 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. (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. (35) As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest;
because it did not rest in your Sabbaths,
when ye dwelt upon it. (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. (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. (38) And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the
land of your enemies shall eat you up. (39) And they
that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands;
and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. (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; (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: (42) Then will I
remember MY Covenant with Jacob, and
also MY Covenant with Isaac, and
also MY Covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (43) The land
also shall be left 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. (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 YAHWEH their Elohim. (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 Elohim:
I am YAHWEH.
(46) These are the
statutes and judgments and laws, which YAHWEH made between him and the Children of
Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for YAHWEH by thy estimation. (3) And thy estimation shall be of the male from
twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty
shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. (4) And if it be
a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. (5) And if it
be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation
shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. (6) And if it
be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be
of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. (7) And if it
be from sixty years old and above; if it
be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female
ten shekels. (8) But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he
shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him;
according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. (9) And if it
be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto YAHWEH, all that any man giveth of such unto YAHWEH
shall be holy. (10) He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for
a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then
it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. (11) And if it be any unclean beast, of which they
do not offer a sacrifice unto YAHWEH, then he shall present the beast before
the priest: (12) And the priest shall value it, whether it be
good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the
priest, so shall it be. (13) But if he will at all
redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part
thereof unto thy estimation. (14) And when
a man shall sanctify his house to be holy
unto YAHWEH,
then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest
shall estimate it, so shall it stand. (15) And if
he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto
it, and it shall be his. (16) And if a man shall
sanctify unto YAHWEH
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. (17) If he sanctify his field
from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. (18) But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee,
then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that
remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy
estimation. (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. (20) And if he will not redeem the field, or if he
have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. (21) But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee,
shall be holy unto YAHWEH, as a field devoted; the possession
thereof shall be the priest's. (22) And if a man sanctify unto YAHWEH a field which he hath
bought, which is not of the fields of
his possession; (23) Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth
of thy estimation, even unto the year
of the jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto YAHWEH.
(24) In the year of the jubilee the field shall
return unto him of whom it was bought, even
to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. (25) And all thy estimations
shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the
shekel. (26) Only the firstling of the beasts, which should
be YAHWEH’S
firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is YAHWEH’S.
(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. (28) Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man
shall devote unto YAHWEH of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be
sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most
holy unto YAHWEH.
(29) None devoted, which shall be devoted of men,
shall be redeemed; but shall surely
be put to death. (30) And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is YAHWEH’S: it
is holy unto YAHWEH. (31) And if a man will at all
redeem ought of his tithes, he shall
add thereto the fifth part thereof. (32) And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the
flock, even of whatsoever passeth
under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto YAHWEH. (33) He shall not search whether it be good or bad,
neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the
change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. (34) These are the
commandments, which YAHWEH commanded Moses for the Children of Israel
in mount Sinai.
(I) And YAHWEH 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, (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; (3) From twenty years old and upward, all that are
able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their
armies. (4) And with you there shall be a man of every
tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. (5) And these are
the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. (6) Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (7) Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. (8) Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (9) Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. (10) Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama
the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (11) Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. (12) Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (13) Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. (14) Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. (15) Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. (16) These were
the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers,
heads of thousands in Israel. (17) And Moses and Aaron took
these men which are expressed by their names:
(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. (19) As YAHWEH commanded Moses, so he
numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. (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; (21) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five
hundred. (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; (23) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three
hundred. (24) Of the children of Gad, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war; (25) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred
and fifty. (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; (27) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand
and six hundred. (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; (29) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four
hundred. (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; (31) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four
hundred. (32) Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, 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;
(33) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. (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; (35) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two
hundred. (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; (37) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four
hundred. (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; (39) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and
seven hundred. (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; (41) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five
hundred. (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; (43) Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four
hundred. (44) These are those
that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the
house of his fathers. (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; (46) Even all they that were numbered were six
hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. (47) But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers
were not numbered among them. (48) For YAHWEH had spoken unto Moses,
saying, (49) Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi,
neither take the sum of them among the Children of Israel: (50) But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the
tabernacle of testimony, and over all the 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. (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. (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. (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. (54) And the Children of Israel did according to all
that YAHWEH
commanded Moses, so did they.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) every man of the Children of Israel shall pitch
by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the
tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. (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. (4) And his host, and those that were numbered of
them, were threescore and fourteen
thousand and six hundred. (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. (6) And his
host, and those that were numbered thereof, were
fifty and four thousand and four hundred. (7) Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the
son of Helon shall be captain of the
children of Zebulun. (8) And his host, and those
that were numbered thereof, were fifty
and seven thousand and four hundred. (9) All that
were numbered in the camp of Judah were an
hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,
throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. (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. (11)
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. (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. (13) And his
host, and those that were numbered of them, were
fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. (14)
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. (15)
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. (16) All that were numbered 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. (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. (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. (19) And his host, and those that were numbered of
them, were forty thousand and five
hundred. (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. (21) And his host, and those that were numbered of
them, were thirty and two thousand
and two hundred. (22) Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of
the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan
the son of Gideoni. (23) And his host, and those that were numbered of
them, were thirty and five thousand
and four hundred. (24) All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight
thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in
the third rank. (25) The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies:
and the captain of the children of Dan shall
be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (26) And his
host, and those that were numbered of them, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. (27) And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
captain of the children of Asher shall be
Pagiel the son of Ocran. (28) And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were forty
and one thousand and five hundred. (29) Then the
tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. (30) And his host, and those that were numbered of
them, were fifty and three thousand
and four hundred. (31) All 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. (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. (33) But the
Levites were not numbered among the Children of Israel; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (34) And the Children of Israel did according to all
that YAHWEH
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.
(I) These also are the
generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that
YAHWEH
spake with Moses in mount Sinai. (2) And these
are the names of the sons of Aaron;
Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (3) These are the
names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he
consecrated to minister in the priest's office. (4)
And Nadab and Abihu died before YAHWEH, when they offered strange fire before YAHWEH,
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. (5) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (6) Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them
before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. (7) And they shall keep his charge, and the charge
of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the
service of the tabernacle. (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. (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. (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. (11) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (12) And I,
behold, I have taken the Levites
from among the Children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the
matrix among the Children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be MINE; (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 YAHWEH. (14) And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, (15) Number the children of Levi after the house of
their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt
thou number them. (16) And Moses numbered them according to The Word of YAHWEH,
as he was commanded. (17) And these were the sons
of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. (18) And these are
the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. (19) And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram,
and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (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. (21) Of Gershon was
the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. (22) Those that were numbered of them, according to
the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. (23) The families of the Gershonites shall pitch
behind the tabernacle westward. (24) And the
chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. (25)
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent,
the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. (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. (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. (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. (29) The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch
on the side of the tabernacle southward. (30) And the
chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. (31) And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the
altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the
hanging, and all the service thereof. (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. (33) Of Merari was
the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. (34) And those that were numbered of them, according
to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. (35) And the 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. (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 thereof, and the sockets
thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, (37) And the pillars of the court round about, and
their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. (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. (39) All that were numbered of the Levites, which
Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of YAHWEH, throughout their families,
all the males from a month old and upward, were
twenty and two thousand. (40) And YAHWEH 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. (41) And thou
shalt take the Levites for ME (I am YAHWEH)
instead of all the firstborn among the Children of Israel; and the cattle of
the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the Children of
Israel. (42) And Moses numbered, as YAHWEH commanded him, all the
firstborn among the Children of Israel. (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. (44) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (45) Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn
among the Children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their
cattle; and the Levites shall be MINE:
I am YAHWEH.
(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; (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:) (48) And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd
number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. (49) And Moses took the redemption money of them that
were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: (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: (51) And Moses gave the money of them that were
redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to The Word of YAHWEH, as YAHWEH
commanded Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among
the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, (3) From thirty years old and upward even until
fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle
of the congregation. (4) This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation, about the most holy
things: (5) And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall
come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the
ark of testimony with it: (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. (7) And upon the table of showbread 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: (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. (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: (10) And they shall put it and all the vessels
thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. (11) And upon the golden altar
they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers'
skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: (12) And they
shall take all the instruments of ministry, 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: (13) And they shall take away the ashes from the
altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: (14) And they
shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and
the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall
spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. (15) And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of
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. (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. (17) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (18) Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the
Kohathites from among the Levites: (19) But thus
do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most
holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his
service and to his burden: (20) But they shall not go in
to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. (21) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (22) Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon,
throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; (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. (24) This is the
service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: (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, (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. (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. (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. (29)
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the
house of their fathers; (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. (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, (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. (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. (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, (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: (36) And those that were numbered of them by their
families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. (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 YAHWEH by the hand of Moses. (38) And those that were numbered of the sons of
Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, (39) From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation, (40) Even
those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of
their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. (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 YAHWEH. (42) And
those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout
their families, by the house of their fathers, (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, (44) Even those that were numbered of them after
their families, were three thousand and two hundred. (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 YAHWEH by the hand of Moses. (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, (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, (48) Even those that were
numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (49) According to the commandment of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
commanded Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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: (3) Both male and female shall
ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their
camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
(4) And the Children of Israel did so, and put them
out without the camp: as YAHWEH spake unto Moses, so did the Children of
Israel. (5) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (6) Speak unto the Children of Israel, When a man or
woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against YAHWEH,
and that person be guilty; (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. (8) But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the
trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto YAHWEH, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an
atonement shall be made for him. (9) And every
offering of all the holy things of the Children of Israel, which they bring
unto the priest, shall be his. (10) And every man's hallowed
things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. (11) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (12) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, (13) And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid
from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither
she be taken with the manner; (14) And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he
be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come
upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: (15) Then shall the man bring his wife unto the
priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor
put frankincense thereon; for it is an
offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to
remembrance. (16) And the priest shall bring her near, and set her
before YAHWEH:
(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: (18) And the priest shall set the woman before YAHWEH,
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: (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: (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: (21)
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest
shall say unto the woman, YAHWEH make thee a curse and an oath among thy
people, when YAHWEH
doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; (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. (23) And the priest shall
write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: (24) And he
shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the
water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. (25) Then the priest shall
take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering
before YAHWEH,
and offer it upon the altar: (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. (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. (28) And if
the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall
conceive seed. (29) This is the
law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to
another instead of her husband, and is defiled; (30) Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him,
and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before YAHWEH,
and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. (31) Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity,
and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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 YAHWEH: (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH,
he shall be holy, and shall let the
locks of the hair of his head grow. (6) All the
days that he separateth himself unto YAHWEH
he shall come at no dead body. (7) He shall not make himself
unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister,
when they die: because the consecration of his Elohim is upon his head. (8) All the days of his
separation he is holy unto YAHWEH.
(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. (10) And on the eighth day he shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: (11) And the priest shall 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. (12) And he shall consecrate unto YAHWEH
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. (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: (14) And he
shall offer his offering unto YAHWEH, 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, (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. (16)
And the priest shall bring them before
YAHWEH,
and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: (17) And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto YAHWEH, with the basket of
unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink
offering. (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. (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: (20) And the priest shall wave
them for a wave offering before YAHWEH:
this is holy for the priest, with the
wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. (21) This is the
law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and
of his offering unto YAHWEH 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. (22) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On
this wise ye shall bless the Children of Israel, saying unto them, (24) YAHWEH bless thee, and keep thee: (25) YAHWEH make his face shine upon thee, and be
gracious unto thee: (26) YAHWEH lift up his countenance upon thee, and
give thee peace. (27) And they shall put MY name upon the Children of Israel; and I will bless them.
(I) 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; (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: (3) And they brought their offering before YAHWEH,
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. (4) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (6) And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave
them unto the Levites. (7) Two wagons and four oxen
he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: (8) And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the
sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son
of Aaron the priest. (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. (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. (11) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, They shall offer their
offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. (12) And he that offered his offering the first day
was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: (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: (14) One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: (15) One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering: (16) One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: (17) And for
a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. (18) On the
second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: (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: (20) One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: (21) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (22) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (24) On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince
of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
(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: (26) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (27) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (28) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (29) And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of
Helon. (30) On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince
of the children of Reuben, did offer:
(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: (32) One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense: (33) One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering: (34) One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (36) On the
fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: (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: (38) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (39) One young
bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (40) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (41) And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai. (42) On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel,
prince of the children of Gad, offered:
(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: (44) One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense: (45) One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering: (46) One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (48) On the
seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: (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: (50) One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense: (51) One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering: (52) One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (54) On the
eighth day offered Gamaliel the son
of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: (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: (56) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (57) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (58) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (60) On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni,
prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
(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: (62) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (63) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (64) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (66) On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
prince of the children of Dan, offered:
(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: (68) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (69) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (70) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (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. (72) On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran,
prince of the children of Asher, offered:
(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: (74) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (75) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (76) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (77) And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of
Ocran. (78) On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince
of the children of Naphtali, offered:
(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: (80) One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: (81) One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: (82) One kid of the goats for a sin offering: (83) And for a 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. (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: (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: (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.
(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. (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. (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou
lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the
candlestick. (3) And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof
over against the candlestick, as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (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 YAHWEH had showed Moses, so he made the
candlestick. (5) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (6) Take the Levites from among the Children of
Israel, and cleanse them. (7) And thus shalt thou do
unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them
shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. (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. (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: (10) And thou shalt bring the
Levites before YAHWEH:
and the Children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: (11) And Aaron shall offer the Levites before YAHWEH for an offering of the Children of
Israel, that they may execute the service of YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH, to make an atonement for the Levites. (13) And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and
before his sons, and offer them for an
offering unto YAHWEH.
(14) Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among
the Children of Israel: and the Levites shall be MINE. (15) And after that shall the Levites go in to do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and
offer them for an offering. (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. (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. (18) And I
have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the Children of Israel. (19) And I
have given the Levites as a gift to
Aaron and to his sons from among the Children of 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. (20) And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation
of the Children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that YAHWEH
commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the Children of Israel unto
them. (21) And the Levites were purified, and they washed
their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an
offering before YAHWEH;
and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. (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 YAHWEH
had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. (23) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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: (25)
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the
land of Egypt, saying, (2) Let the Children of Israel
also keep the Passover at his appointed season. (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. (4) And Moses spake unto the
Children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover. (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 YAHWEH
commanded Moses, so did the Children of Israel. (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: (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 YAHWEH
in his appointed season among the Children of Israel? (8) And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I
will hear what YAHWEH
will command concerning you. (9) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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 YAHWEH. (11) The
fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and
bitter herbs. (12) They shall leave none of it unto the morning,
nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. (13) But the man that is clean, and is not in a 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 YAHWEH in his appointed season, that man shall
bear his sin. (14) And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and
will keep the Passover unto YAHWEH; 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. (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. (16)
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by
day, and the appearance of fire by night. (17)
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the
Children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the
Children of Israel pitched their tents. (18) At the
commandment of YAHWEH
the Children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of YAHWEH
they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their
tents. (19) And when the cloud tarried long upon the
tabernacle many days, then the Children of Israel kept the charge of YAHWEH,
and journeyed not. (20) And so it
was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the
commandment of YAHWEH
they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of YAHWEH
they journeyed. (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. (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. (23) At the
commandment of YAHWEH
they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of YAHWEH they journeyed: they kept
the charge of YAHWEH,
at the commandment of YAHWEH by the hand of Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (3)
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves
to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. (4) And if they blow but with one trumpet, then
the princes, which are heads of the
thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. (5) When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie
on the east parts shall go forward. (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. (7) But when the congregation is to be gathered together,
ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. (8)
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they
shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. (10) Also in the day of your gladness, and in your
solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye 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 Elohim:
I am YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(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. (12) And the Children of Israel took their journeys
out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of
Paran. (13) And they first took their journey according to
the commandment of YAHWEH by the hand of Moses. (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. (15) And over the host of the
tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel
the son of Zuar. (16) And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Zebulun was Eliab the son of
Helon. (17) And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons
of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. (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. (19) And over
the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (20) And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
(21) And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the
sanctuary: and the other did set up
the tabernacle against they came. (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. (23) And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur. (24) And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Benjamin was Abidan the son of
Gideoni. (25) And the standard of the camp of the children of
Dan set forward, which was the
rearguard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (26) And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
(27) And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Naphtali was Ahira the son of
Enan. (28) Thus were the
journeyings of the Children of Israel according to their armies, when they set
forward. (29) And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the
Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which YAHWEH
said, I will give it you: come thou
with us, and we will do thee good: for YAHWEH hath spoken good concerning Israel. (30) And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will
depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. (31) And he
said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp
in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. (32) And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it
shall be, that what goodness YAHWEH shall do unto us, the same will we do unto
thee. (33) And they departed from the mount of YAHWEH
three days' journey: and the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH went before them in the
three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. (34) And the cloud of YAHWEH was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. (35) And it came to pass, when the ark set forward,
that Moses said, Rise up, YAHWEH, and let thine enemies be scattered; and
let them that hate thee flee before thee. (36) And when
it rested, he said, Return, O YAHWEH, unto the many thousands of Israel.
(I) And when the
people complained, it displeased YAHWEH: and YAHWEH heard it;
and his anger was kindled; and the fire of YAHWEH burnt among them, and
consumed them that were in the
uttermost parts of the camp. (2) And the people cried unto
Moses; and when Moses prayed unto YAHWEH, the fire was quenched. (3) And he called the name of the place Taberah:
because the fire of YAHWEH burnt among them. (4) And the mixed 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? (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
garlic: (6) But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing
at all, beside this manna, before our
eyes. (7) And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of
bdellium. (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. (9)
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. (10) Then Moses heard the people weep throughout
their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of YAHWEH
was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. (11)
And Moses said unto YAHWEH, Wherefore hast THOU afflicted thy servant? And wherefore have I not found favour
in thy sight, that THOU layest the
burden of all this people upon me? (12) Have I
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 swarest unto their fathers? (13)
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? For they weep unto me,
saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. (14) I am not
able to bear all this people alone, because it
is too heavy for me. (15) And if THOU deal thus with me, kill me, I pray
thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my
wretchedness. (16) And YAHWEH 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. (17) And I
will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is
upon thee, and will put it upon
them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. (18) And say thou unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the
ears of YAHWEH,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? For it
was well with us in Egypt: therefore YAHWEH will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. (19) Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five
days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; (20) But even a whole month, until it come
out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have
despised YAHWEH
which is among you, and have wept
before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? (21) And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen;
and THOU hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may
eat a whole month. (22) Shall 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? (23) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Is YAHWEH’S
hand waxed short? Thou shalt see now whether MY word shall come to pass unto thee or not. (24) And Moses went out, and told the people the
words of YAHWEH,
and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round
about the tabernacle. (25) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (27) And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and
said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. (28)
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My sovereign Moses, forbid
them. (29) And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my
sake? Would to Elohim
that all YAHWEH’S
people were prophets, and that YAHWEH
would put his spirit upon them! (30) And
Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. (31) And there went forth a wind from YAHWEH,
and brought quails from the sea, and let them
fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a
day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two
cubits high upon the face of the
earth. (32) And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and
they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they
spread them all abroad for themselves
round about the camp. (33) And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was
chewed, the wrath of YAHWEH was kindled against the people, and YAHWEH
smote the people with a very great plague. (34) And he
called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the
people that lusted. (35) And the
people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
(I) And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. (2) And they said, Hath YAHWEH indeed spoken only by Moses?
Hath he not spoken also by us? And YAHWEH heard it.
(3) (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) (4)
And YAHWEH
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. (5) And YAHWEH 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. (6) And He [YAHWEH] said, Hear now MY words: If there be a prophet among you, I YAHWEH
will make MYSELF known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (7) MY
servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all MINE house. (8) With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark
speeches; and the similitude of YAHWEH shall he
behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against MY servant Moses?
(9) And the anger of YAHWEH was kindled against them;
and he departed. (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.
(11) And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my sovereign, I
beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and
wherein we have sinned. (12) Let her not be as one
dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's
womb. (13) And Moses cried unto YAHWEH, saying, Heal her now, O El, I
beseech thee. (14) And YAHWEH 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. (15)
And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not
till Miriam was brought in again. (16) And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth,
and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (3) And Moses by the
commandment of YAHWEH
sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the Children of Israel. (4) And these were
their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. (5) Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
(6) Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of
Jephunneh. (7) Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of
Joseph. (8) Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. (9) Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of
Raphu. (10) Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of
Sodi. (11) Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. (12) Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (13) Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of
Michael. (14) Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of
Vophsi. (15) Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. (16) These are the
names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea
the son of Nun YAHshua. (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: (18) And see
the land, what it is; and the people
that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong
or weak, few or many; (19) And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in
tents, or in strong holds; (20) And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of
good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. (21) So they went up, and searched the land from the
wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. (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.) (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. (24) The place was called the brook Eshcol, because
of the cluster of grapes which the Children of Israel cut down from thence. (25) And they returned from searching of the land
after forty days. (26) And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron,
and to all the congregation of the Children of Israel, unto the wilderness of
Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the
congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. (27) And they told him, and said, We came unto the
land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and
this is the fruit of it. (28) 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. (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. (30) And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and
said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome
it. (31) But the men that went up with him said, We be
not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. (32) And they
brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the 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. (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.
(I) And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried;
and the people wept that night. (2) And all
the Children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole
congregation said unto them, Would to Elohim that we had died in the land of Egypt!
Or would Elohim
we had died in this wilderness! (3) And
wherefore hath YAHWEH
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? (4) And they said one to another, Let us make a
captain, and let us return into Egypt. (5) Then
Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation
of the Children of Israel. (6) And Joshua the son of Nun,
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which
were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: (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. (8) If YAHWEH delight in us, then he will bring us into
this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. (9) Only rebel not ye against YAHWEH, neither fear ye the people
of the land; for they are bread for
us: their defence is departed from them, and YAHWEH is with us: fear them not. (10) But all
the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of YAHWEH
appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the Children of
Israel. (11) And YAHWEH 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 showed among
them? (12) I
will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee
a greater nation and mightier than they. (13) And
Moses said unto YAHWEH,
Then the Egyptians shall hear it,
(for THOU broughtest up this people
in thy might from among them;) (14) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that THOU YAHWEH art among this people, that THOU
YAHWEH
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. (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, (16) Because YAHWEH
was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them,
therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. (17)
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Sovereign be great, according as THOU hast spoken, saying, (18) YAHWEH 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. (19) Pardon, I beseech thee,
the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as THOU hast forgiven this people, from
Egypt even until now. (20) And YAHWEH said, I have pardoned according to thy word: (21) But as truly
as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of YAHWEH.
(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; (23) Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither
shall any of them that provoked ME
see it: (24) But MY
servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed ME fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess
it. (25) (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in
the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of
the Red Sea. (26) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (27) How long shall
I bear with this evil
congregation, which murmur against ME?
I have heard the murmurings of the
Children of Israel, which they murmur against ME. (28) Say unto them, As truly as I live,
saith YAHWEH,
as ye have spoken in MINE ears, so
will I do to you: (29) Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and
all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty
years old and upward, which have murmured against ME, (30) Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun. (31) But your little ones,
which ye said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. (32) But as for
you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. (33) And your children shall wander in the wilderness
forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the
wilderness. (34) After the number of the days in which ye
searched the land, even forty days,
each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know MY breach of promise. (35) I YAHWEH 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. (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, (37) Even
those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague
before YAHWEH.
(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.
(39) And Moses told these sayings unto all the
Children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. (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 YAHWEH hath promised: for we have
sinned. (41) And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress
the commandment of YAHWEH? But it shall not prosper. (42) Go not up, for YAHWEH is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. (43) For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall
by the sword: because ye are turned away from YAHWEH, therefore YAHWEH
will not be with you. (44) But they presumed to go
up unto the hill top: nevertheless the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH,
and Moses, departed not out of the camp. (45) Then the
Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote
them, and discomfited them, even unto
Hormah.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, (3) And will make an offering by fire unto YAHWEH,
a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill
offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto YAHWEH,
of the herd, or of the flock: (4) Then shall he that
offereth his offering unto YAHWEH bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of
flour mingled with the fourth part of
an hin of oil. (5) And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with
the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. (6) Or
for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a
meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil. (7) And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the
third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto YAHWEH.
(8) And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or
peace offerings unto YAHWEH: (9) Then
shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour
mingled with half an hin of oil. (10) And thou
shalt bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto YAHWEH.
(11) Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for
one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. (12)
According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one
according to their number. (13) All that are born of the
country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savour unto YAHWEH. (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 savour unto YAHWEH; as ye do, so he shall do. (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 YAHWEH. (16) One law and one manner shall be for you, and for
the stranger that sojourneth with you. (17) And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses, saying, (18) Speak unto the Children
of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, (19) Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread
of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto YAHWEH. (20) Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your
dough for a heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the
threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. (21) Of the
first of your dough ye shall give unto YAHWEH a heave offering in your generations. (22) And if ye have erred, and not observed all these
commandments, which YAHWEH hath spoken unto Moses, (23) Even all
that YAHWEH
hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that YAHWEH commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations; (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 savour unto YAHWEH, with his meat offering, and his drink
offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
(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 YAHWEH, and their sin offering
before YAHWEH,
for their ignorance: (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. (27) And if any soul sin
through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin
offering. (28) And the priest shall make an atonement for the
soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before YAHWEH,
to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. (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. (30) But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether
he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth YAHWEH;
and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. (31) Because he hath despised The Word of YAHWEH, and hath broken
his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. (32) And while the Children of Israel were in the
wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. (33) And they that found him
gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the
congregation. (34) And they put him in ward, because it was not
declared what should be done to him. (35) And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation
shall stone him with stones without the camp. (36)
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with
stones, and he died; as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (37) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (38) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and bid them
that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their
generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of
blue: (39) And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye
may look upon it, and remember all the commandments
of YAHWEH, and do them; and that ye seek
not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
(40) That ye may remember, and do all MY Commandments, and be holy unto your Elohim.
(41) I am YAHWEH your Elohim, which brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to be your Elohim: I
am YAHWEH your Elohim.
(I) 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: (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: (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 YAHWEH is among
them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of YAHWEH?
(4) And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: (5) And he
spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow YAHWEH
will show 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. (6) This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his
company; (7) And put fire therein, and put incense in them
before YAHWEH
to morrow: and it shall be that the
man whom YAHWEH
doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of
Levi. (8) And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye
sons of Levi: (9) Seemeth it
but a small thing unto you, that the Elohim of Israel hath separated you from the
congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the
tabernacle of YAHWEH,
and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? (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? (11)
For which cause both thou and all thy
company are gathered together against
YAHWEH:
and what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him? (12) And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the
sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: (13) Is it a small thing that thou hast
brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the
wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? (14) Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land
that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and
vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up. (15) And Moses was very wroth, and said unto YAHWEH,
Respect not THOU their offering: I
have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (16) And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy
company before YAHWEH,
thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: (17) And take
every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before YAHWEH
every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each
of you his censer. (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. (19) And
Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of YAHWEH appeared unto all the
congregation. (20) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation,
that I may consume them in a moment.
(22) And they fell upon their faces, and said, O El, the
Elohim
of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt THOU be wroth with all the congregation? (23) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (24) Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up
from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. (25) And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and
Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. (26)
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents
of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all
their sins. (27) So they gat 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. (28) And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that YAHWEH
hath sent me to do all these works; for I
have not done them of mine own
mind. (29) If these men die the common death of all men, or
if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then YAHWEH hath not sent me. (30) But if YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH.
(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: (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. (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. (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. (35) And there came out a fire from YAHWEH,
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. (36) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (37) Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire
yonder; for they are hallowed. (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 YAHWEH, therefore they are hallowed: and they
shall be a sign unto the Children of Israel. (39)
And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt
had offered; and they were made broad plates
for a covering of the altar: (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 YAHWEH; that he be not as Korah,
and as his company: as YAHWEH said to him by the hand of Moses. (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 YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH appeared. (43)
And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. (44) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (45) Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And
they fell upon their faces. (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 YAHWEH; the plague is begun. (47) 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. (48) And he stood between the dead and the living;
and the plague was stayed. (49) Now they that died in the
plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about
the matter of Korah. (50) And Aaron returned unto
Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was
stayed.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (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. (4) And thou
shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony,
where I will meet with you. (5) And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I
shall choose, shall blossom: and I
will make to cease from ME the
murmurings of the Children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. (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. (7) And Moses laid up the rods before YAHWEH
in the tabernacle of witness. (8) And it came to pass, that
on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod
of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded almonds. (9) And Moses brought out all
the rods from before YAHWEH unto all the Children of Israel: and they
looked, and took every man his rod. (10) And YAHWEH
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. (11) And Moses did so: as YAHWEH commanded him, so did he. (12) And the Children of Israel spake unto Moses,
saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. (13) Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the
tabernacle of YAHWEH
shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
(I) And YAHWEH said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy
father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and
thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. (2) And thy brethren also of the tribe of 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. (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. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH,
to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. (7) Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep
your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the veil; 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. (8) And YAHWEH 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. (9) This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation
of theirs, every meat offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs, and
every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto ME, shall
be most holy for thee and for thy sons. (10) In the
most holy place shalt thou eat it;
every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. (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. (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 YAHWEH,
them have I given thee. (13) And whatsoever
is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto YAHWEH, shall be thine; every one
that is clean in thine house shall eat of
it. (14) Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. (15) Every thing that openeth the matrix in all
flesh, which they bring unto YAHWEH, 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. (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. (17) But the firstling of a
cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not
redeem; they are holy: thou shalt
sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a
sweet savour unto YAHWEH. (18) And the
flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are
thine. (19) All the heave offerings of the holy things,
which the Children of Israel offer unto YAHWEH, 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
YAHWEH
unto thee and to thy seed with thee. (20) And YAHWEH
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. (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. (22) Neither must the Children of Israel henceforth
come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. (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. (24) But the tithes of the Children of Israel, which
they offer as a heave offering unto YAHWEH,
I have given to the Levites to
inherit: therefore I have said unto
them, Among the Children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (25) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (26) 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 YAHWEH, even
a tenth part of the tithe. (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. (28) Thus ye also shall offer a heave offering unto YAHWEH
of all your tithes, which ye receive of the Children of Israel; and ye shall
give thereof YAHWEH’S
heave offering to Aaron the priest. (29) Out of
all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of YAHWEH, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of
it. (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. (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. (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.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) This is the
ordinance of the law which YAHWEH hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the
Children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: (3) And ye
shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the
camp, and one shall slay her before
his face: (4) And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood
with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of
the congregation seven times: (5) And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: (6)
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer. (7) Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he
shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and
the priest shall be unclean until the even. (8) And he
that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water,
and shall be unclean until the even. (9) And a man
that is clean shall gather up the
ashes of the heifer, and lay them up
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. (10) And he
that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even: and it shall be unto the Children of Israel, and unto the
stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. (11) He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall
be unclean seven days. (12) 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. (13) Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that
is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of YAHWEH;
and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was
not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. (14) This is the
law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven
days. (15) And every open vessel, which hath no covering
bound upon it, is unclean. (16) And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a
sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall
be unclean seven days. (17) And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of
the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put
thereto in a vessel: (18) And a clean person shall
take hyssop, and dip it in the water,
and sprinkle it upon the tent, and
upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that
touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: (19) And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the
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. (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 YAHWEH: the water of separation hath not been
sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. (21) And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them,
that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he
that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. (22) And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
(I) 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. (2) And there was no water for the congregation: and
they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. (3) And the people chided with Moses, and spake,
saying, Would to Elohim
that we had died when our brethren died before YAHWEH! (4) And why have ye brought up the congregation of YAHWEH
into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? (5) And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of
Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;
neither is there any water to drink. (6) And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of
the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell
upon their faces: and the glory of YAHWEH appeared unto them. (7) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (9) And Moses took the rod from before YAHWEH,
as he commanded him. (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? (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.
(12) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye
believed ME not, to sanctify ME in the eyes of the Children of
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. (13) This is the
water of Meribah, because the Children of Israel strove with YAHWEH,
and he was sanctified in them. (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: (15) How our
fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the
Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: (16) And when
we cried unto YAHWEH,
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: (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. (18) And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by ME, lest I come out against thee with
the sword. (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 any
thing else, go through on my feet. (20) And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom
came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. (21) Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through
his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. (22) And the Children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto
mount Hor. (23) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor,
by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, (24) Aaron
shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I
have given unto the Children of Israel, because ye rebelled against MY word at the water of Meribah. (25) Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them
up unto mount Hor: (26) And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them
upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. (27) And Moses did as YAHWEH commanded: and they went up
into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. (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. (29)
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron
thirty days, even all the House of
Israel.
(I) 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. (2) And
Israel vowed a vow unto YAHWEH, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver
this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. (3) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (5) And the people spake against Elohim, 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. (6) And YAHWEH sent fiery serpents among the people, and
they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. (7) Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We
have sinned, for we have spoken against YAHWEH, and against thee; pray unto YAHWEH,
that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. (8) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (10) And the Children of Israel set forward, and
pitched in Oboth. (11) And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at
Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before
Moab, toward the sunrising. (12) From thence they removed,
and pitched in the valley of Zared. (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. (14)
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of YAHWEH, What he did in the Red Sea,
and in the brooks of Arnon, (15) And at the stream of the
brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of
Moab. (16) And from thence they went to Beer: that is the
well whereof YAHWEH
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. (17) Then
Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
(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: (19) And from Mattanah to
Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: (20) And from
Bamoth in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of
Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. (21) And
Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (27) Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come
into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: (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 ba’al of the high places of Arnon. (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. (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. (31) Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. (32) And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took
the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. (33) And they turned and went
up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he,
and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. (34) And YAHWEH
said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I
have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou
shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at
Heshbon. (35) So they smote him, and his sons, and all his
people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
(I) And the Children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the
plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
(2) And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel
had done to the Amorites. (3) And Moab was sore afraid
of the people, because they were many:
and Moab was distressed because of the Children of Israel. (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. (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: (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. (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. (8) And he said unto them, Lodge here this night,
and I will bring you word again, as YAHWEH shall speak unto me: and the princes of
Moab abode with Balaam. (9) And Elohim
came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these
with thee? (10) And Balaam said unto Elohim,
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, (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. (12) And Elohim
said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people:
for they are blessed. (13) And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto
the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for YAHWEH refuseth to give me leave to
go with you. (14) And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went
unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. (15) And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more
honourable than they. (16) And they came to Balaam,
and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee,
hinder thee from coming unto me: (17) For I
will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest
unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. (18) And Balaam answered and said unto the servants
of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go
beyond The Word of YAHWEH my Elohim, to do less or more. (19) Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here
this night, that I may know what YAHWEH will say unto me more. (20) And Elohim
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. (21) And Balaam rose up in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. (22) And Elohim's
anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of YAHWEH stood in the way for an
adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. (23) And the ass saw the angel of YAHWEH
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. (24) But the angel of YAHWEH stood in a path of the
vineyards, a wall being on this side,
and a wall on that side. (25) And when the ass saw the
angel of YAHWEH,
she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall:
and he smote her again. (26) And the angel of YAHWEH
went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. (27) And when the ass saw the angel of YAHWEH,
she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the
ass with a staff. (28) And YAHWEH opened the mouth of the ass, and she said
unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three
times? (29) And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast
mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. (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. (31) Then YAHWEH opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the
angel of YAHWEH
standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his
head, and fell flat on his face. (32) And the
angel of YAHWEH
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: (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. (34) And
Balaam said unto the angel of YAHWEH, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou
stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get
me back again. (35) And the angel of YAHWEH said unto Balaam, Go with
the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. (36) And when
Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab,
which is in the border of Arnon,
which is in the utmost coast. (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 honour? (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 Elohim
putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. (39) And
Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. (40) And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to
Balaam, and to the princes that were with
him. (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.
(I) And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. (2) And Balak
did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. (3)
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go:
peradventure YAHWEH
will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he
went to a high place. (4) And Elohim
met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have
offered upon every altar a bullock
and a ram. (5) And YAHWEH put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,
Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. (6)
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all
the princes of Moab. (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. (8) How shall
I curse, whom El
hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom
YAHWEH
hath not defied? (9) For from the top of the rocks I see him, and
from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be
reckoned among the nations. (10) Who can count the dust of
Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of
Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
(11) And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done
unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. (12) And he answered and said, Must I not take heed
to speak that which YAHWEH hath put in my mouth? (13) And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with
me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the
utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
(14) And he 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. (15) And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt
offering, while I meet YAHWEH yonder. (16)
And YAHWEH
met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say
thus. (17) And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his
burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What
hath YAHWEH
spoken? (18) And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up,
Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: (19) El is not
a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath
he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make
it good? (20) Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
(21) He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither
hath he seen perverseness in Israel: YAHWEH his Elohim is with
him, and the shout of a king is among
them. (22) El brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were
the strength of a unicorn. (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 El
wrought! (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. (25) And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them
at all, nor bless them at all. (26) But Balaam answered and
said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that YAHWEH speaketh, that I must do? (27) And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I
will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please Elohim that thou mayest curse me them from
thence. (28) And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor,
that looketh toward Jeshimon. (29) And Balaam said unto
Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven
rams. (30) And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a
bullock and a ram on every altar.
(I) And when Balaam saw that it pleased YAHWEH to bless Israel, he went
not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward
the wilderness. (2) And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel
abiding in his tents according to
their tribes; and the spirit of Elohim
came upon him. (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: (4) He hath said, which heard the words of El,
which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his
eyes open: (5) How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! (6) As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens
by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which YAHWEH hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. (7) He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and
his seed shall be in many waters, and
his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. (8) El brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it
were the strength of a unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and
shall break their bones, and pierce them through
with his arrows. (9) He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a
great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is
he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he
that curseth thee. (10) And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam,
and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to
curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. (11) Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought
to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, YAHWEH hath kept thee back from
honour. (12) And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to
thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, (13) If Balak would give me his house full of silver
and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of YAHWEH, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what YAHWEH saith, that will I speak? (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. (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: (16) He hath said, which heard the words of El, and
knew the knowledge of the most High, which
saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his
eyes open: (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. (18) And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall
be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. (19) Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have
dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. (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. (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. (22) Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until
Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (23) And he
took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when El doeth this! (24) And ships shall
come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict
Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. (25) And
Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his
way.
(I) And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit
whoredom with the daughters of Moab. (2) And they
called the people unto the sacrifices of their elohim: and the people did eat,
and bowed down to their elohim. (3) And
Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of YAHWEH was kindled against Israel. (4) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the
people, and hang them up before YAHWEH against the sun, that the fierce anger of YAHWEH
may be turned away from Israel. (5) And Moses
said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto
Baalpeor. (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. (7) And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son
of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose
up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; (8) And he went after the man of Israel into the
tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through
her belly. So the plague was stayed from the Children of Israel. (9) And those that died in the plague were twenty
and four thousand. (10) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (11) Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the priest, hath turned MY wrath
away from the Children of Israel, while he was zealous for MY sake among them, that I
consumed not the Children of Israel in MY
jealousy. (12) Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him MY Covenant
of peace: (13) And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting
priesthood; because he was zealous for his Elohim, and made an atonement for the Children of
Israel. (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. (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. (16) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (17) Vex the Midianites, and smite them: (18) For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith
they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the
daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the
plague for Peor's sake.
(I) And it came to pass after the plague, that YAHWEH
spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, (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. (3)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho, saying, (4) Take the
sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as YAHWEH
commanded Moses and the Children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of
Egypt. (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: (6) Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of
Carmi, the family of the Carmites. (7) These are the families of the Reubenites: and
they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred
and thirty. (8) And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. (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 YAHWEH: (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. (11) Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. (12) The sons of Simeon after their families: of
Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of
Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: (13) Of
Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. (14) These are the
families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. (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: (16) Of Ozni,
the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: (17) Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli,
the family of the Arelites. (18) These are the families of the children of Gad
according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
(19) The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. (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. (21) And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the
family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. (22) These are the
families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and
sixteen thousand and five hundred. (23) Of the sons of Issachar after their
families: of Tola, the family of the
Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: (24)
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the
Shimronites. (25) These are the
families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore
and four thousand and three hundred. (26) 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. (27) These are the
families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them,
threescore thousand and five hundred. (28) The sons
of Joseph after their families were Manasseh
and Ephraim. (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. (30)
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites:
of Helek, the family of the Helekites: (31) And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites:
and of Shechem, the family of the
Shechemites: (32) And of Shemida,
the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher,
the family of the Hepherites. (33) And Zelophehad the son of
Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad
were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah,
Milcah, and Tirzah. (34) These are the
families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two
thousand and seven hundred. (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. (36) And these are
the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family
of the Eranites. (37) These are the
families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them,
thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. (38) The sons of Benjamin after their families: of
Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of
Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: (39) Of
Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the
Huphamites. (40) And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
(41) These are the
sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six
hundred. (42) These are the
sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites.
These are the families of Dan after
their families. (43) All the families of the Shuhamites, according to
those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and four thousand and four hundred. (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. (45)
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the
family of the Malchielites. (46) And the name of the
daughter of Asher was Sarah. (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. (48) Of the
sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the
Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: (49)
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the
Shillemites. (50) These are the
families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered
of them were forty and five thousand
and four hundred. (51) These were
the numbered of the Children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand
seven hundred and thirty. (52) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (53) Unto these the land shall be divided for an
inheritance according to the number of names. (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. (55)
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the
tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. (56)
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and
few. (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. (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. (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. (60) And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar. (61) And Nadab and Abihu died,
when they offered strange fire before YAHWEH. (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. (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. (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. (65) For YAHWEH 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.
(I) Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher,
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of
Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are
the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and
Tirzah. (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, (3) Our father died in the
wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves
together against YAHWEH in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and
had no sons. (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. (5) And Moses brought their
cause before YAHWEH.
(6) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (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. (8) And thou shalt speak unto the Children of
Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his
inheritance to pass unto his daughter. (9) And if he
have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. (10) And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give
his inheritance unto his father's brethren. (11) And if
his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his
kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it
shall be unto the Children of Israel a statute of judgment, as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (12) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Get thee up into this
mount Abarim, and see the land which I
have given unto the Children of Israel. (13) And when
thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy
brother was gathered. (14) 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. (15) And Moses spake unto YAHWEH, saying, (16) Let YAHWEH, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, set a man
over the congregation, (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 YAHWEH be not as sheep which have
no shepherd. (18) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son
of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit,
and lay thine hand upon him; (19) And set him before
Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in
their sight. (20) And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the
Children of Israel may be obedient. (21) And he
shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before YAHWEH:
at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the Children of Israel
with him, even all the congregation. (22) And
Moses did as YAHWEH
commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation: (23) And he laid his hands
upon him, and gave him a charge, as YAHWEH commanded by the hand of Moses.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Command the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, My offering, and MY bread for MY sacrifices made by fire, for
a sweet savour unto ME, shall ye
observe to offer unto ME in their
due season. (3) And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye
shall offer unto YAHWEH; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. (4) The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning,
and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; (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. (6) It is a continual burnt offering, which
was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto YAHWEH.
(7) And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto YAHWEH for a drink offering. (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 savour unto YAHWEH. (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: (10) This is the
burnt offering of every Sabbath,
beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. (11) And in the beginnings of your months ye shall
offer a burnt offering unto YAHWEH; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven
lambs of the first year without spot; (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; (13) And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering unto one
lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet
savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto YAHWEH. (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. (15) And one
kid of the goats for a sin offering unto YAHWEH shall be offered, beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering. (16) And in
the fourteenth day of the first month is the
Passover of YAHWEH.
(17) And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten. (18) In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall
do no manner of servile work therein:
(19) But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto YAHWEH;
two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall
be unto you without blemish: (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; (21) A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every
lamb, throughout the seven lambs: (22) And one
goat for a sin offering, to make an
atonement for you. (23) Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering
in the morning, which is for a
continual burnt offering. (24) After this manner ye
shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto YAHWEH: it shall be offered beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering. (25) And on
the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. (26) Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye
bring a new meat offering unto YAHWEH, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile
work: (27) But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a
sweet savour unto YAHWEH; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs
of the first year; (28) And their meat offering of flour mingled with
oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, (29) A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout
the seven lambs; (30) And one
kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. (31)
Ye shall offer them beside the
continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you
without blemish) and their drink offerings.
(I) And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no
servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. (2) And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet
savour unto YAHWEH;
one young bullock, one ram, and seven
lambs of the first year without blemish: (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, (4) And one
tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: (5) And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: (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 savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto YAHWEH. (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: (8) But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto YAHWEH for a sweet savour; one young bullock,
one ram, and seven lambs of the first
year; they shall be unto you without blemish: (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, (10) A
several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: (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. (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 YAHWEH
seven days: (13) And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto YAHWEH; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year;
they shall be without blemish: (14) And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil,
three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals
to each ram of the two rams, (15) And a several tenth deal
to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: (16) And one
kid of the goats for a sin offering;
beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
(17) And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of
the first year without spot: (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: (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. (20) And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams,
fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; (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: (22) And one goat for
a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering,
and his drink offering. (23) And on the fourth day ten
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year without blemish: (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: (25) And one
kid of the goats for a sin offering;
beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
(26) And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without spot: (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: (28) And one goat for
a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering,
and his drink offering. (29) And on the sixth day
eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year without blemish: (30) And
their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according
to their number, after the manner: (31) And one
goat for a sin offering; beside the
continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. (32) And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams,
and fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish: (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: (34) And one goat for
a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and
his drink offering. (35) On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn
assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
(36) But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto YAHWEH: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the
first year without blemish: (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: (38) And one goat for
a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering,
and his drink offering. (39) These things ye shall do unto YAHWEH
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. (40) And Moses told the
Children of Israel according to all that YAHWEH commanded Moses.
(I) And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the
Children of Israel, saying, This is the
thing which YAHWEH
hath commanded. (2) If a man vow a vow unto YAHWEH, 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. (3) If a
woman also vow a vow unto YAHWEH, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her
youth; (4) And her father hear her vow, and her bond
wherewith she hath 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. (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 YAHWEH shall forgive her, because her father
disallowed her. (6) And if she had at all an husband, when she
vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; (7) And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her
bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. (8)
But if her husband 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 YAHWEH
shall forgive her. (9) But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced,
wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. (10) And if she vowed in her husband's house, or
bound her soul by a bond with an oath; (11) And her
husband heard it, and held his peace
at her, and disallowed her not: then
all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall
stand. (12) But if her husband 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 YAHWEH
shall forgive her. (13) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the
soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. (14) But if her husband altogether hold his peace at
her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which
are upon her: he confirmeth them,
because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. (15) But if he shall any ways make them void after
that he hath heard them; then he
shall bear her iniquity. (16) These are the statutes, which YAHWEH
commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his
daughter, being yet in her youth in
her father's house.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Avenge the Children of Israel of the Midianites:
afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. (3) And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm
some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and
avenge YAHWEH
of Midian. (4) Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the
tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. (5) So there
were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for
war. (6) And Moses sent them 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. (7) And they warred against
the Midianites, as YAHWEH commanded Moses; and they slew all the
males. (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. (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. (10) And they burnt all their cities wherein they
dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. (11)
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. (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. (13) And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the
princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. (14) And Moses was wroth with the officers of the
host, with the captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. (15) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the
women alive? (16) Behold, these caused the Children of Israel,
through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against YAHWEH in the matter of Peor, and
there was a plague among the congregation of YAHWEH. (17) Now therefore kill every male among the little
ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. (18) But all the women children, that have not known
a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. (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. (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. (21) And
Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which YAHWEH
commanded Moses; (22) Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the
iron, the tin, and the lead, (23) Every thing that may
abide the fire, ye shall make 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. (24) And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh
day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. (25) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (26) Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar
the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: (27) And divide the prey into two parts; between them
that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the
congregation: (28) And levy a tribute unto YAHWEH 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: (29) Take it of
their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH.
(31) And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (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. (33) And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (34) and threescore and one thousand asses, (35) and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of
women that had not known man by lying with him. (36)
And the half, which was the portion
of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven
and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: (37) And YAHWEH’S
tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. (38) And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which YAHWEH’S tribute was threescore and twelve. (39) And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which YAHWEH’S
tribute was threescore and one. (40) And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which YAHWEH’S tribute was thirty and two persons. (41) And Moses gave the tribute, which was YAHWEH’S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest,
as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (42) And of the Children of Israel's half, which
Moses divided from the men that warred, (43) (Now the
half that pertained unto the
congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
(44) And thirty and six thousand beeves, (45) And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, (46) And sixteen thousand persons;) (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 YAHWEH;
as YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (48) And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and
captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: (49) And they
said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh
not one man of us. (50) We have therefore brought an oblation for YAHWEH,
what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,
earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before YAHWEH.
(51) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold
of them, even all wrought jewels. (52) And all the gold of the offering that they
offered up to YAHWEH,
of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. (53) (For the men of war had taken spoil,
every man for himself.) (54) And Moses and Eleazar the
priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought
it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for
a memorial for the Children of Israel before YAHWEH.
(I) Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a
very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the
land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was
a place for cattle; (2) The children of Gad and
the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest,
and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, (3) Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and
Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (4) Even the
country which YAHWEH
smote before the congregation of Israel, is
a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: (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. (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? (7) And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the
Children of Israel from going over into the land which YAHWEH hath given them? (8) Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from
Kadeshbarnea to see the land. (9) For when they went up unto
the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the
Children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which YAHWEH
had given them. (10) And YAHWEH’S anger was kindled the same time, and he
sware, saying, (11) Surely none of the men that came up out of
Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed ME: (12) Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite,
and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed YAHWEH. (13) And YAHWEH’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 YAHWEH, was consumed. (14) And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers'
stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of YAHWEH
toward Israel. (15) For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet
again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. (16) And they came near unto him, and said, We will
build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: (17) But we 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. (18) We will not return unto our houses, until the
Children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. (19) For we will not inherit with them on yonder side
Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan
eastward. (20) And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this
thing, if ye will go armed before YAHWEH to war, (21)
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before YAHWEH, until he hath driven out
his enemies from before him, (22) And the land be subdued
before YAHWEH:
then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before YAHWEH, and before Israel; and this
land shall be your possession before YAHWEH. (23) But if
ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against YAHWEH: and be sure your sin will
find you out. (24) Build you cities for your little ones, and folds
for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. (25) And the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my sovereign commandeth.
(26) Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all
our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: (27) but thy servants will pass over, every man armed
for war, before YAHWEH
to battle, as my sovereign saith. (28) So
concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,
and the chief fathers of the tribes of the Children of Israel: (29) And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad
and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to
battle, before YAHWEH,
and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of
Gilead for a possession: (30) But if they will not pass
over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of
Canaan. (31) And the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben answered, saying, As YAHWEH hath said unto thy servants, so will we
do. (32) We will pass over armed before YAHWEH
into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side
Jordan may be ours. (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. (34) And the
children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (35) And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, (36) And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities:
and folds for sheep. (37) And the children of
Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, (38) And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being
changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
(39) And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh
went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. (40) And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of
Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. (41) And Jair
the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them
Havothjair. (42) And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages
thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
(I) 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. (2) And Moses wrote their goings out according to
their journeys by the commandment of YAHWEH: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. (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 a high hand in the sight of all
the Egyptians. (4) For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which YAHWEH
had smitten among them: upon their elohim also YAHWEH executed judgments. (5) And the Children of Israel removed from Rameses,
and pitched in Succoth. (6) And they departed from
Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in
the edge of the wilderness. (7) And they removed from
Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. (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. (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. (10) And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the
Red Sea. (11) And they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped
in the wilderness of Sin. (12) And they took their
journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. (13) And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in
Alush. (14) And they removed from Alush, and encamped at
Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. (15) And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in
the wilderness of Sinai. (16) And they removed from the
desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. (17) And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and
encamped at Hazeroth. (18) And they departed from
Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. (19) And they
departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. (20) And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched
in Libnah. (21) And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at
Rissah. (22) And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in
Kehelathah. (23) And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in
mount Shapher. (24) And they removed from mount Shapher, and
encamped in Haradah. (25) And they removed from
Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. (26) And they
removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. (27)
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. (28) And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in
Mithcah. (29) And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in
Hashmonah. (30) And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped
at Moseroth. (31) And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in
Benejaakan. (32) And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped
at Horhagidgad. (33) And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in
Jotbathah. (34) And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at
Ebronah. (35) And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at
Eziongaber. (36) And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in
the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
(37) And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in
mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. (38) And
Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of YAHWEH,
and died there, in the fortieth year after the Children of Israel were come out
of the land of Egypt, in the first day of
the fifth month. (39) And Aaron was
an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. (40) and king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the
south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the Children of Israel. (41) And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in
Zalmonah. (42) And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in
Punon. (43) And they departed from Punon, and pitched in
Oboth. (44) And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in
Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab. (45) And they
departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. (46) And they
removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. (47) And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and
pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. (48)
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho. (49) And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of
Moab. (50) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho, saying, (51) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; (52) Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of
the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their
molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: (53) And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess
it. (54) And ye shall divide the land by lot for an
inheritance among your families: and to
the more ye shall give the more 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. (55) But if ye will not drive
out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass,
that those which ye let remain of them shall
be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the
land wherein ye dwell. (56) Moreover it shall come to
pass, that I shall do unto you, as I
thought to do unto them.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Command the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts
thereof:) (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: (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 from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall
go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: (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. (6) And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a
border: this shall be your west border. (7) And this
shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount
Hor: (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: (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. (10) And ye shall point out your east border from
Hazarenan to Shepham: (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: (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. (13) And Moses commanded the
Children of Israel, saying, This is the
land which ye shall inherit by lot, which YAHWEH commanded to give unto the nine tribes,
and to the half tribe: (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: (15) The two
tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the
sunrising. (16) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (17) These are the
names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun. (18) And ye shall take one
prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. (19) And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (20) And of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
Shemuel the son of Ammihud. (21) Of the tribe of Benjamin,
Elidad the son of Chislon. (22) And the prince of the
tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. (23) The prince of the children of Joseph, for the
tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. (24) And the prince of the tribe of the children of
Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. (25) And the
prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. (26) And the prince of the tribe of the children of
Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. (27) And the
prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. (28) And the prince of the tribe of the children of
Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. (29) These are they whom YAHWEH commanded to divide the
inheritance unto the Children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
(I) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho, saying, (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (9) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses, saying, (10) Speak unto the Children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; (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. (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. (13) And of these cities which
ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. (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. (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. (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. (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. (18) Or if he
smite him with a hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely
be put to death. (19) The revenger of blood himself shall slay the
murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. (20) But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him
by laying of wait, that he die; (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. (22) But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or
have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, (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: (24) Then the congregation shall judge between the
slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: (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. (26) But if the slayer shall at any time come without
the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; (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: (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. (29) So these things shall be for a statute of
judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (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. (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. (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. (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. (34) Defile not therefore the
land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I
dwell: for I YAHWEH dwell among the Children of
Israel.
(I) 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: (2) And they
said, YAHWEH
commanded my sovereign to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the
Children of Israel: and my sovereign was commanded by YAHWEH to give the inheritance of
Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. (3) And if
they be married to any of the sons of the other
tribes of the Children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken
from the 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. (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. (5) And Moses
commanded the Children of Israel according to The Word of YAHWEH, saying, The
tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. (6) This is the thing which YAHWEH 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. (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. (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. (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. (10) Even as YAHWEH
commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: (11) For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and
Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers'
sons: (12) 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. (13) These are the
commandments and the judgments, which YAHWEH commanded by the hand of Moses unto the
Children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
(I) 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. (2) (There are
eleven days' journey from Horeb
by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) (3)
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the Children of Israel, according unto all
that YAHWEH
had given him in commandment unto them; (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: (5) On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began
Moses to declare this law, saying, (6) YAHWEH
our Elohim
spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: (7) Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the
mount of the Amorites, and unto all the
places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in
the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto
Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. (8) Behold, I have set the land before you: go in
and possess the land which YAHWEH sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. (9) And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am
not able to bear you myself alone: (10) YAHWEH
your Elohim
hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this
day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) (YAHWEH Elohim
of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised
you!) (12) How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and
your burden, and your strife? (13) Take you wise men, and
understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over
you. (14) And ye answered me, and said, The thing which
thou hast spoken is good for us to do. (15) So I took the 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. (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. (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 Elohim’s:
and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. (18) And I
commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. (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 YAHWEH our Elohim commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
(20) And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the
mountain of the Amorites, which YAHWEH our Elohim doth give unto us. (21) Behold, YAHWEH thy Elohim hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as YAHWEH Elohim of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear
not, neither be discouraged. (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. (23) And the saying pleased me
well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: (24) And they turned and went up into the mountain,
and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. (25) And they took of the fruit of the land in their
hands, and brought it down unto us,
and brought us word again, and said, It
is a good land which YAHWEH our Elohim doth give us. (26) Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled
against the commandment of YAHWEH your Elohim: (27) And ye
murmured in your tents, and said, Because YAHWEH hated us, he hath brought us forth out of
the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. (28) Whither 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. (29) Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be
afraid of them. (30) YAHWEH your Elohim which goeth before you, he shall fight for
you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; (31) And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how
that YAHWEH
thy Elohim
bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye
came into this place. (32) Yet in this thing ye did
not believe YAHWEH
your Elohim,
(33) Who went in the way before you, to search you
out a place to pitch your tents in, in
fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. (34) And YAHWEH heard the voice of your words, and was
wroth, and sware, saying, (35) Surely there shall not
one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, (36) Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see
it, and to him will I give the land
that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed
YAHWEH.
(37) Also YAHWEH was angry with me for your sakes, saying,
Thou also shalt not go in thither. (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. (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. (40) But as for
you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the
Red Sea. (41) Then ye answered and said unto me, We have
sinned against YAHWEH,
we will go up and fight, according to all that YAHWEH our Elohim commanded us. And when ye
had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the
hill. (42) And YAHWEH said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up,
neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten
before your enemies. (43) So I spake unto you; and
ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of YAHWEH, and went presumptuously up
into the hill. (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. (45) And ye returned and wept before YAHWEH;
but YAHWEH
would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. (46) So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto
the days that ye abode there.
(I) Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by
the way of the Red Sea, as YAHWEH spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir
many days. (2) And YAHWEH spake unto me, saying, (3) Ye have compassed this mountain long enough:
turn you northward. (4) And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the 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: (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. (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. (7) For YAHWEH thy Elohim hath blessed thee in all the works of thy
hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath been with thee; thou hast lacked
nothing. (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.
(9) And YAHWEH 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. (10) The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people
great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; (11) which
also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. (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 YAHWEH
gave unto them. (13) Now rise up, said
I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. (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 YAHWEH sware unto them. (15) For indeed the hand of YAHWEH was against them, to destroy
them from among the host, until they were consumed. (16) So it came to pass, when all the men of war were
consumed and dead from among the people, (17) That YAHWEH
spake unto me, saying, (18) Thou art to pass over
through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: (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. (20) (That also was accounted a land of giants:
giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; (21) A people great, and many, and tall, as the
Anakims; but YAHWEH
destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: (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: (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.) (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. (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. (26) And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of
Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, (27) Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by
the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. (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; (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 YAHWEH our Elohim giveth us. (30)
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him
into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
(31) And YAHWEH said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to
possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. (32) Then
Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. (33) And YAHWEH our Elohim delivered him before us; and we smote him,
and his sons, and all his people. (34) And we
took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women,
and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: (35) Only the cattle we took for a prey unto
ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. (36) From Aroer, which is by the 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: YAHWEH
our Elohim
delivered all unto us: (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 YAHWEH
our Elohim
forbad us.
(I) 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. (2) And YAHWEH 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) So YAHWEH our Elohim 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. (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. (5) All these
cities were fenced with high walls,
gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. (6) And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto
Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of
every city. (7) But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities,
we took for a prey to ourselves. (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; (9) (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion;
and the Amorites call it Shenir;) (10) All the
cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei,
cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (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. (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. (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. (14) 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. (15) And I gave Gilead unto Machir. (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; (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. (18) And I commanded you at that time, saying, YAHWEH
your Elohim
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. (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; (20) Until YAHWEH have given rest unto your brethren, as well
as unto you, and until they also
possess the land which YAHWEH your Elohim hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his
possession, which I have given you. (21) And I
commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that YAHWEH
your Elohim
hath done unto these two kings: so shall YAHWEH do unto all the kingdoms whither thou
passest. (22) Ye shall not fear them: for YAHWEH your Elohim he shall fight for you. (23) And I besought YAHWEH at that time, saying, (24) O my Sovereign YAHWEH,
THOU hast begun to show thy servant
thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what El is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works,
and according to thy might? (25) I pray thee, let me go
over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. (26) But YAHWEH
was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and YAHWEH
said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto ME of this matter. (27) Get thee up into the top
of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and
eastward, and behold it with thine
eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. (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. (29) So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
(I) 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 YAHWEH Elohim of your fathers giveth you. (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
YAHWEH your Elohim which I command you. (3) Your eyes have seen what YAHWEH did because of Baalpeor: for
all the men that followed Baalpeor, YAHWEH thy Elohim hath destroyed them from among you. (4) But ye that did cleave unto YAHWEH your Elohim are alive every one of you this day. (5)
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as YAHWEH my Elohim commanded me, that ye should
do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. (6)
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in
the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely
this great nation is a wise and
understanding people. (7) For what nation is there so great, who hath Elohim
so nigh unto them, as YAHWEH
our Elohim
is in all things that we call upon him for?
(8) And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I
set before you this day? (9) Only take heed to thyself,
and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which 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; (10) Specially the day that thou stoodest
before YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in Horeb, when YAHWEH
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. (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. (12) And YAHWEH spake unto you out of the midst of the
fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. (13) And he declared unto you HIS covenant, which HE
commanded you to perform, even Ten Commandments; and HE wrote them upon two tables of stone.
(14) And YAHWEH 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. (15) Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for
ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that
YAHWEH
spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: (16) Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any
figure, the likeness of male or female, (17) The
likeness of any beast that is on the
earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, (18) The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the
ground, the likeness of any fish that is in
the waters beneath the earth: (19) And lest thou lift up
thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the
stars, even all the host of heaven,
shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which YAHWEH thy Elohim hath divided unto all
nations under the whole heaven. (20) But YAHWEH
hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a
people of inheritance, as ye are this
day. (21) Furthermore YAHWEH was angry with me for your sakes, and
sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that
good land, which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance: (22) But I
must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and
possess that good land. (23) Take heed unto
yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of YAHWEH your Elohim, which he made with you, and make you a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which YAHWEH thy Elohim hath forbidden thee. (24) For YAHWEH thy Elohim is a
consuming fire, even a jealous El. (25) When thou shalt beget children, and children's
children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of
YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
to provoke him to anger: (26) I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the
land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be
destroyed. (27) And YAHWEH shall scatter you among the nations, and
ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither YAHWEH shall lead you. (28) And there ye shall serve elohim, the work of
men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. (29) But if from thence thou shalt seek YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
thou shalt find him, if thou seek him
with all thy heart and with all thy soul. (30) When
thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to
YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (31) (For YAHWEH
thy Elohim
is a merciful El;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them. (32) For ask now of the days that are past, which
were before thee, since the day that Elohim
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? (33) Did ever people
hear the voice of Elohim
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? (34) Or hath Elohim
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 YAHWEH
your Elohim
did for you in Egypt before your eyes? (35) Unto
thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that YAHWEH he is Elohim;
there is none else beside him. (36) Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice,
that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and
thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. (37) And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he
chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty
power out of Egypt; (38) 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. (39) Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that YAHWEH he
is Elohim in heaven above, and upon
the earth beneath: there is none
else. (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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee, for ever. (41) Then Moses severed three
cities on this side Jordan toward the sun rising; (42) That the slayer might flee thither, which should
kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing
unto one of these cities he might live: (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. (44) And this
is the law which Moses set before the
Children of Israel: (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, (46) 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: (47) 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 sun rising; (48) From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, (49) And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward,
even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
(I) 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. (2) YAHWEH
our Elohim
made a covenant with us in Horeb. (3) YAHWEH
made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of
us here alive this day. (4) YAHWEH talked with you face to face
in the mount out of the midst of the fire, (5) (I stood
between YAHWEH
and you at that time, to show you The
Word of YAHWEH: for ye were afraid by
reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, (6) I am YAHWEH thy Elohim, which brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage. (7) Thou
shalt have none other elohim before ME.
(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: (9) Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor
serve them: for I YAHWEH thy Elohim am a jealous El,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate ME, (10) And
showing mercy unto thousands of them that love ME and keep MY Commandments.
(11) Thou shalt not take the name of YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in vain: for YAHWEH
will not hold him guiltless that
taketh his name in vain. (12) Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath commanded thee. (13) Six days thou shalt
labour, and do all thy work: (14) But the seventh day is the Sabbath of YAHWEH thy Elohim: 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. (15) And remember that thou wast a servant in the
land of Egypt, and that YAHWEH
thy Elohim
brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm:
therefore YAHWEH
thy Elohim
commanded thee to keep the Sabbath
day. (16) Honour thy father and thy mother, as YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well
with thee, in the land which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee. (17) Thou shalt not kill. (18) Neither shalt thou commit adultery. (19) Neither shalt thou steal. (20) Neither shalt thou bear false witness against
thy neighbour. (21) Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife,
neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant,
or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy
neighbour's. (22) These words YAHWEH 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. (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; (24) And ye said, Behold, YAHWEH our Elohim hath showed 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 Elohim
doth talk with man, and he liveth. (25) Now
therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear
the voice of YAHWEH
our Elohim
any more, then we shall die. (26) For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard
the voice of the living Elohim speaking out of the midst of the fire, as
we have, and lived? (27) Go thou near, and hear all that YAHWEH
our Elohim
shall say: and speak thou unto us all that YAHWEH our Elohim shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. (28) And YAHWEH heard the voice of your words, when ye
spake unto me; and YAHWEH said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have
spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. (29) O that there were such a heart in them, that
they would fear ME, and keep all MY Commandments always, that it might
be well with them, and with their children for ever! (30) Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. (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. (32) Ye shall observe to do therefore as YAHWEH
your Elohim
hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. (33) Ye shall walk in all the ways which YAHWEH
your Elohim
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.
(I) Now these are the
commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which YAHWEH your Elohim commanded to teach you, that
ye might do them in the land whither
ye go to possess it: (2) That thou mightest fear YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
to keep all HIS statutes and HIS Commandments, which I command thee,
thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy
days may be prolonged. (3) Hear therefore, O Israel,
and observe to do it; that it may be
well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as YAHWEH Elohim of thy fathers hath promised
thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. (4) Hear, O Israel: YAHWEH our Elohim is one YAHWEH: (5) And thou
shalt love YAHWEH
thy Elohim
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (6) And these words, which I command thee this day,
shall be in thine heart: (7) And thou shalt teach them
diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up. (8) And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine
hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (9) And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy
house, and on thy gates. (10) And it shall be, when YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which
thou buildedst not, (11) And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou
diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou
shalt have eaten and be full; (12) Then beware lest thou forget YAHWEH, which brought thee forth out of the land
of Egypt, from the house of bondage. (13) Thou
shalt fear YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. (14) Ye shall
not go after other elohim, of the elohim of the people which are round about you; (15) (For YAHWEH thy Elohim is a
jealous El
among you) lest the anger of YAHWEH thy Elohim be kindled against thee, and destroy thee
from off the face of the earth. (16) Ye shall
not tempt YAHWEH
your Elohim,
as ye tempted him in Massah. (17) Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and HIS testimonies, and HIS statutes, which he hath commanded
thee. (18) And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of YAHWEH: that it may be well with
thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which YAHWEH
sware unto thy fathers, (19) To cast out all thine
enemies from before thee, as YAHWEH hath spoken. (20) And when
thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which YAHWEH
our Elohim
hath commanded you? (21) Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were
Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and YAHWEH brought us out of Egypt with a mighty
hand: (22) And YAHWEH showed signs and wonders, great and sore,
upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: (23) And he brought us out from thence, that he might
bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. (24) And YAHWEH commanded us to do all these statutes, to
fear YAHWEH
our Elohim,
for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. (25) And it shall be our
righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before YAHWEH
our Elohim,
as he hath commanded us.
(I) When YAHWEH thy Elohim 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; (2) And when YAHWEH thy Elohim shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them;
thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: (3) Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy
daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take
unto thy son. (4) For they will turn away thy son from following ME, that they may serve other elohim:
so will the anger of YAHWEH be kindled against you, and destroy thee
suddenly. (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. (6) For thou art a holy people unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim:
YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. (7) YAHWEH 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: (8) But because YAHWEH loved you, and because he would keep the
oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath YAHWEH brought you out with a
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt. (9) Know therefore that YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
he is Elohim, the faithful El,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep HIS Commandments to a thousand
generations; (10) 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. (11) Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and
the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. (12) Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken
to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that YAHWEH thy Elohim shall keep unto thee the
covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: (13) And he will love thee, and bless thee, and
multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy 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 sware unto thy fathers to give thee. (14) Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there
shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. (15) And YAHWEH 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. (16) And thou shalt consume all the people which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou
serve their elohim; for that will be a
snare unto thee. (17) If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess
them? (18) Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what YAHWEH
thy Elohim
did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; (19) The
great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the
mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby YAHWEH thy Elohim brought thee out: so shall YAHWEH
thy Elohim
do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. (20)
Moreover YAHWEH
thy Elohim
will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves
from thee, be destroyed. (21) Thou shalt not be
affrighted at them: for YAHWEH thy Elohim is among
you, a mighty El
and terrible. (22) And YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (23) But YAHWEH thy Elohim shall deliver them unto
thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
(24) And he shall deliver their kings into thine
hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man
be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. (25) The graven images of their elohim shall ye burn
with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto
thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is
an abomination to YAHWEH thy Elohim. (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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH
sware unto your fathers. (2) And thou shalt remember
all the way which YAHWEH thy Elohim led thee these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble thee, and to
prove thee, to know what was in thine
heart, whether thou wouldest keep HIS
Commandments, or no. (3) And HE humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that HE might make thee know that man doth
not live by bread only, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of YAHWEH doth man live. (4) Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did
thy foot swell, these forty years. (5) Thou
shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so YAHWEH thy Elohim chasteneth
thee. (6) Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of YAHWEH thy
Elohim,
to walk in HIS ways, and to fear HIM. (7)
For YAHWEH
thy Elohim
bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and
depths that spring out of valleys and hills; (8) A
land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land
of oil olive, and honey; (9) A land wherein thou shalt
eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. (10) When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou
shalt bless YAHWEH
thy Elohim
for the good land which he hath given thee. (11) Beware
that thou forget not YAHWEH thy Elohim, in not keeping HIS Commandments, and his judgments, and HIS statutes, which I command thee this day: (12) Lest when thou
hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; (13)
And when thy herds and thy flocks
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is
multiplied; (14) Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; (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; (16) Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which
thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee,
to do thee good at thy latter end; (17) And thou
say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. (18) But thou shalt remember YAHWEH thy Elohim: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may
establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. (19) And it shall be, if thou
do at all forget YAHWEH thy Elohim, and walk after other elohim, and serve
them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely
perish. (20) As the nations which YAHWEH destroyeth before your face,
so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(I) 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, (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! (3) Understand therefore this
day, that YAHWEH
thy Elohim
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 YAHWEH hath said unto thee. (4) Speak not thou in thine heart, after that YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness YAHWEH
hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these
nations YAHWEH
doth drive them out from before thee. (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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which YAHWEH
sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (6) Understand therefore, that YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee not this good
land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. (7) Remember,
and forget not, how thou provokedst YAHWEH
thy Elohim
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 YAHWEH.
(8) Also in Horeb ye provoked YAHWEH to wrath, so that YAHWEH
was angry with you to have destroyed you. (9) When I
was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which YAHWEH made with you, then I abode
in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink
water: (10) And YAHWEH delivered unto me two tables of stone
written with the finger of Elohim;
and on them was written according to
all the words, which YAHWEH spake with you in the mount out of the
midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. (11)
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that YAHWEH gave me the two tables of
stone, even the tables of the
covenant. (12) And YAHWEH said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly
from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have
corrupted themselves; they are
quickly turned aside out of the way which I
commanded them; they have made them a molten image. (13) Furthermore YAHWEH spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people: (14) Let ME
alone, that I may destroy them, and
blot out their name from under heaven: and I
will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. (15) So I turned and came down from the mount, and
the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. (16) And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against
YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and had made you a molten calf: ye
had turned aside quickly out of the way which YAHWEH had commanded you. (17) And I took the two tables, and cast them out of
my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. (18)
And I fell down before YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH, to provoke him to anger. (19) For I was afraid of the anger and hot
displeasure, wherewith YAHWEH was wroth against you to destroy you. But YAHWEH
hearkened unto me at that time also. (20) And YAHWEH
was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also
the same time. (21) And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made,
and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, 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. (22) And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at
Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked YAHWEH to wrath. (23)
Likewise when YAHWEH
sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled
against the commandment of YAHWEH your Elohim, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to
his voice. (24) Ye have been rebellious against YAHWEH
from the day that I knew you. (25) Thus I fell down before YAHWEH
forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at
the first; because YAHWEH had said he would destroy you. (26) I prayed therefore unto YAHWEH, and said, O my Sovereign YAHWEH, destroy not thy people and thine
inheritance, which THOU hast
redeemed through thy greatness, which THOU
hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. (27) Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness,
nor to their sin: (28) Lest the land whence THOU broughtest us out say, Because YAHWEH 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. (29)
Yet they are thy people and thine
inheritance, which THOU broughtest
out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
(I) At that time YAHWEH said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone
like unto the first, and come up unto ME
into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. (2)
And I will write on the tables the
words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them
in the ark. (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. (4) And he wrote on the tables, according to the
first writing, the ten commandments, which YAHWEH spake unto you in the mount out of the
midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and YAHWEH gave them unto me. (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 YAHWEH
commanded me. (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. (7) From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and
from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. (8) At that time YAHWEH separated the tribe of Levi,
to bear the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH, to stand before YAHWEH to minister unto him, and to
bless in his name, unto this day. (9) Wherefore
Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; YAHWEH is his inheritance, according as YAHWEH thy Elohim promised him. (10) And I stayed in the mount, according to the
first time, forty days and forty nights; and YAHWEH hearkened unto me at that
time also, and YAHWEH would not destroy thee. (11) And YAHWEH said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they
may go in and possess the land, which I
sware unto their fathers to give unto them. (12) And now,
Israel, what doth YAHWEH thy Elohim require of thee, but to fear YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve YAHWEH thy Elohim with all thy heart and with
all thy soul, (13) To keep the commandments
of YAHWEH, and HIS statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? (14) Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is YAHWEH’S thy Elohim, the earth also, with all that therein is.
(15) Only YAHWEH 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. (16) Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart,
and be no more stiffnecked. (17) For YAHWEH your Elohim is Elohim
of elohim, and Sovereign
of sovereigns, a great El, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not
persons, nor taketh reward: (18) He doth execute the
judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him
food and raiment. (19) Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt. (20) Thou
shalt fear YAHWEH
thy Elohim;
him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. (21) He is thy
praise, and he is thy Elohim,
that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have
seen. (22) Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore
and ten persons; and now YAHWEH thy Elohim hath made thee as the stars of heaven for
multitude.
(I) Therefore thou shalt love YAHWEH thy Elohim, and keep his charge, and HIS statutes, and his judgments, and HIS Commandments, alway. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his
stretched out arm, (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; (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 YAHWEH
hath destroyed them unto this day; (5) And what
he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; (6) And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons
of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them
up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of
all Israel: (7) But your eyes have seen all the great acts of YAHWEH
which he did. (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; (9) And that
ye may prolong your days in the land,
which YAHWEH
sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that
floweth with milk and honey. (10) For the land, whither
thou goest in to possess it, is not
as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and
wateredst it with thy foot, as a
garden of herbs: (11) But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of
heaven: (12) A land which YAHWEH thy Elohim careth for: the eyes of YAHWEH
thy Elohim
are always upon it, from the
beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. (13) And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken
diligently unto MY Commandments
which I command you this day, to
love YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (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. (15) And I will send grass in thy fields for thy
cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (16) Take
heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and
serve other elohim, and worship them; (17) And then YAHWEH’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 YAHWEH giveth you. (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. (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. (20)
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy
gates: (21) That your days may be multiplied, and the days
of your children, in the land which YAHWEH sware unto your fathers to give them, as
the days of heaven upon the earth. (22) For if
ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do
them, to love YAHWEH
your Elohim,
to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; (23)
Then will YAHWEH
drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater
nations and mightier than yourselves. (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. (25) There
shall no man be able to stand before you: for
YAHWEH
your Elohim
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. (26) Behold, I
set before you this day a blessing and a curse; (27) A
blessing, if ye obey the commandments of
YAHWEH your Elohim, which I command you this
day: (28) And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of YAHWEH
your Elohim,
but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other
elohim, which ye have not known. (29) And it
shall come to pass, when YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (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? (31) For ye
shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which YAHWEH your Elohim giveth you, and ye shall
possess it, and dwell therein. (32) And ye shall observe to
do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
(I) These are the
statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which YAHWEH Elohim
of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the
earth. (2) Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein
the nations which ye shall possess served their elohim, upon the high
mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: (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 elohim, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
(4) Ye shall not do so unto YAHWEH your Elohim. (5) But unto the place which YAHWEH your Elohim shall choose out of all your
tribes to put his name there, even unto
his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: (6) And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings,
and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and
your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of
your flocks: (7) And there ye shall eat before YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households,
wherein YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath blessed thee. (8) Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. (9) For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to
the inheritance, which YAHWEH your Elohim giveth you. (10)
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell
in the land which YAHWEH your Elohim giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies
round about, so that ye dwell in safety; (11) Then
there shall be a place which YAHWEH your Elohim 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 YAHWEH: (12) And ye
shall rejoice before YAHWEH your Elohim, 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. (13) Take
heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that
thou seest: (14) But in the place which YAHWEH shall choose in one of thy
tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all
that I command thee. (15) Notwithstanding thou
mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,
according to the blessing of YAHWEH thy Elohim which he hath given thee: the unclean and
the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. (16) Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour
it upon the earth as water. (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: (18) But thou must eat them before YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in the place which YAHWEH thy Elohim 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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. (19) Take
heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon
the earth. (20) When YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (21) If the place which YAHWEH thy Elohim hath chosen to put his name
there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,
which YAHWEH
hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. (22) Even as
the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the
clean shall eat of them alike. (23) Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for
the blood is the life; and thou
mayest not eat the life with the flesh. (24) Thou
shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. (25) Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with
thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of YAHWEH. (26) Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy
vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which YAHWEH shall choose. (27) And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the
flesh and the blood, upon the altar of YAHWEH thy Elohim: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be
poured out upon the altar of YAHWEH thy Elohim, and thou shalt eat the flesh. (28) Observe and hear all these words which I command
thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever,
when thou doest that which is good
and right in the sight of YAHWEH thy Elohim. (29) When YAHWEH
thy Elohim shall cut off the nations from
before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and
dwellest in their land; (30) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by
following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou
inquire not after their elohim, saying, How did these nations serve their
elohim? Even so will I do likewise. (31) Thou shalt not do so unto YAHWEH thy Elohim:
for every abomination to YAHWEH, which HE
hateth, have they done unto their elohim; for even their sons and their
daughters they have burnt in the fire to their elohim. (32) What thing soever I
command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from
it.
(I) If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,
and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, (2) And the
sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go
after other elohim, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; (3) Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that
prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for YAHWEH your Elohim proveth you, to know whether ye love YAHWEH
your Elohim
with all your heart and with all your soul. (4) Ye shall
walk after YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and fear him, and keep HIS Commandments,
and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. (5) And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams,
shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from YAHWEH your Elohim, 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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of
thee. (6) If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy
son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee
secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other elohim, which thou hast not known,
thou, nor thy fathers; (7) Namely, of the elohim of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the
one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; (8) Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken
unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither
shalt thou conceal him: (9) But thou shalt surely kill
him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the
hand of all the people. (10) And thou shalt stone him
with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. (11) And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall
do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. (12) If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which YAHWEH thy Elohim hath given thee to dwell
there, saying, (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 elohim, which ye
have not known; (14) Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and
ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth,
and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among
you; (15) Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that
city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with
the edge of the sword. (16) And thou shalt gather all
the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire
the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for YAHWEH thy Elohim: and it shall be a heap for
ever; it shall not be built again. (17) And
there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that YAHWEH
may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have
compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; (18) When thou shalt hearken to the voice of YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
to keep all HIS Commandments which I
command thee this day, to do that which
is right in the eyes of YAHWEH thy Elohim.
(I) Ye are the children of YAHWEH your Elohim:
ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the
dead. (2) For thou art
a holy people unto YAHWEH thy Elohim, and YAHWEH hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people
unto himself, above all the nations that are
upon the earth. (3) Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. (4) These are the
beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, (5) The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer,
and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. (6) And every beast that parteth the hoof, and
cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth
the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. (7)
Nevertheless these ye 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. (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. (9) These ye
shall eat of all that are in the
waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: (10) And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may
not eat; it is unclean unto you. (11) Of all
clean birds ye shall eat. (12) But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the
eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, (13) And the
glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, (14) And every raven after his kind, (15) And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo,
and the hawk after his kind, (16) The little owl, and the
great owl, and the swan, (17) And the pelican, and the
gier eagle, and the cormorant, (18) And the stork, and the
heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (19) And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be
eaten. (20) But of all
clean fowls ye may eat. (21) Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou
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 a holy people unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. (22) Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy
seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (23) And thou shalt eat before YAHWEH thy Elohim, 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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
always. (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 YAHWEH thy Elohim shall choose to set his name there, when YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath blessed thee: (25) Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go
unto the place which YAHWEH thy Elohim shall choose: (26) And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever
thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong
drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, (27) And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no
part nor inheritance with thee. (28) At the
end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the
same year, and shalt lay it up within
thy gates: (29) And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor
inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,
which are within thy gates, shall
come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that YAHWEH thy Elohim may bless thee in all the work of thine
hand which thou doest.
(I) At the end of every seven
years thou shalt make a release. (2) And this is the manner of the release: Every
creditor that lendeth ought unto his
neighbour shall release it; he shall
not exact it of his neighbour, or of
his brother; because it is called YAHWEH’S release. (3) Of
a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but
that which is thine with thy brother
thine hand shall release; (4) Save when there shall be
no poor among you; for YAHWEH shall greatly bless thee in the land which
YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee for an inheritance to
possess it: (5) Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of
YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. (6) For YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (7) If there be among you a poor man of one of thy
brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: (8) But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him,
and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. (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 YAHWEH against thee, and it be sin
unto thee. (10) Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart
shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand
unto. (11) For the poor shall never cease out of the land:
therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy
brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. (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. (13) And when thou sendest him out free from thee,
thou shalt not let him go away empty: (14) Thou
shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of
thy winepress: of that wherewith YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. (15) And thou
shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and YAHWEH
thy Elohim
redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. (16) And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not
go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with
thee; (17) Then thou shalt take an awl, 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. (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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall bless thee in all that thou doest. (19) All the
firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto
YAHWEH
thy Elohim:
thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the
firstling of thy sheep. (20) Thou shalt eat it before YAHWEH thy Elohim year by year in the place
which YAHWEH
shall choose, thou and thy household. (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 YAHWEH thy Elohim. (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. (23) Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou
shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
(I) Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim:
for in the month of Abib YAHWEH thy Elohim brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (2) Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the Passover unto
YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
of the flock and the herd, in the place which YAHWEH shall choose to place his
name there. (3) Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven
days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction: for thou 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. (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. (5) Thou mayest not sacrifice the Passover within
any of thy gates, which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee: (6) But at the place which YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (7) And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. (8) Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on
the seventh day shall be a solemn
assembly to YAHWEH
thy Elohim:
thou shalt do no work therein. (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. (10) And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim
with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto YAHWEH thy Elohim, according as YAHWEH thy Elohim hath blessed thee: (11) And thou shalt rejoice before YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath chosen to place his name there. (12) And thou
shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do
these statutes. (13) Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles
seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: (14) And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and
thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the
Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. (15) Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in the place which YAHWEH shall choose: because YAHWEH thy Elohim shall bless thee in all
thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt
surely rejoice. (16) Three times in a year shall all thy males appear
before YAHWEH
thy Elohim
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 YAHWEH
empty: (17) Every man shall
give as he is able, according to the blessing of YAHWEH thy Elohim which he hath given thee. (18) Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all
thy gates, which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and
they shall judge the people with just judgment. (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. (20) That which is altogether just shalt thou follow,
that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee. (21) Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees
near unto the altar of YAHWEH thy Elohim, which thou shalt make thee. (22) Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which YAHWEH thy Elohim hateth.
(I) Thou shalt not sacrifice unto YAHWEH thy Elohim any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto YAHWEH thy Elohim. (2) If there
be found among you, within any of thy gates which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee, man or woman,
that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of YAHWEH thy Elohim, in transgressing his covenant,
(3) And hath gone and served other elohim, and
worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I
have not commanded; (4) And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and,
behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in
Israel: (5) Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that
woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt
stone them with stones, till they die. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall choose; (9) And thou shalt come unto the priests the
Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they
shall show thee the sentence of judgment: (10) And thou
shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which YAHWEH
shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all
that they inform thee: (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 show thee, to the
right hand, nor to the left. (12) And the man that will do presumptuously, and
will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil
from Israel. (13) And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do
no more presumptuously. (14) When thou art come unto
the land which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
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; (15) Thou shalt in any wise
set him king over thee, whom YAHWEH
thy Elohim
shall choose: one from among thy
brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over
thee, which is not thy brother. (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 YAHWEH
hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. (17) Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that
his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver
and gold. (18) And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne
of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the
Levites: (19) And it shall be with him, and he shall read
therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear YAHWEH
his Elohim,
to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: (20) That his heart be not lifted up above his
brethren, and that he turn not aside from the 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.
(I) The priests the Levites, and
all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they
shall eat the offerings of YAHWEH made by fire, and his inheritance. (2) Therefore shall they have no inheritance among
their brethren: YAHWEH
is their inheritance, as he hath said
unto them. (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. (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. (5) For YAHWEH thy Elohim hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to
stand to minister in the name of YAHWEH, him and his sons for ever. (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 YAHWEH shall choose; (7) Then he shall minister in the name of YAHWEH
his Elohim,
as all his brethren the Levites do, which
stand there before YAHWEH. (8) They
shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
(9) When thou art come into the land which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations. (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, (11) Or a
charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (12) For all that do these things are an abomination unto YAHWEH:
and because of these abominations YAHWEH thy Elohim doth drive them out from before thee. (13) Thou shalt be perfect with YAHWEH thy Elohim. (14) For these nations, which thou shalt possess,
hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath not suffered thee so to do. (15) YAHWEH thy Elohim
will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like
unto me; unto Him ye shall hearken; (16)
According to all that thou desiredst of YAHWEH thy Elohim in Horeb in the day of the assembly,
saying, Let me not hear again the voice of YAHWEH my Elohim, neither let me see this great fire any
more, that I die not. (17) And YAHWEH said unto me, They have well
spoken that which they have spoken. (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. (19)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
will not hearken unto MY words which He shall speak in MY name, I will require it of him. (20) But the prophet, 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 elohim, even that prophet shall
die. (21) And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we
know the word which YAHWEH hath not spoken? (22) When a prophet speaketh in the name of YAHWEH,
if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which YAHWEH hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be
afraid of him.
(I) When YAHWEH thy Elohim hath cut off the nations, whose land YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in
their houses; (2) Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the
midst of thy land, which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee to possess it. (3) Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the
coasts of thy land, which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee to inherit, into three parts,
that every slayer may flee thither. (4) And this is the case of the slayer, which shall
flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he
hated not in time past; (5) As when a man goeth into
the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the
ax to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth
upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and
live: (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. (7) Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt
separate three cities for thee. (8) And if YAHWEH
thy Elohim
enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the
land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; (9) If
thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this
day, to love YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,
beside these three: (10) That innocent blood be not shed in thy land,
which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. (11) But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in
wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and
fleeth into one of these cities: (12) Then the
elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the
hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. (13)
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with
thee. (14) Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark,
which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit
in the land that YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee to possess it. (15) One witness shall not rise up against a man for
any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two
witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
(16) If a false witness rise up against any man to
testify against him that which is wrong;
(17) Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before YAHWEH,
before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; (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) 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. (20) And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and
shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. (21) And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot.
(I) 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 YAHWEH thy Elohim is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (2) And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the
battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, (3) And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye
approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint,
fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; (4) For YAHWEH your Elohim is he
that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. (5) And the officers shall speak unto the people,
saying, What man is there that hath
built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his
house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. (6) And what man is
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. (7) And what man is
there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? Let him go and
return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. (8) And the officers shall speak further unto the people,
and they shall say, What man is there
that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return unto his house,
lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. (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. (10) When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight
against it, then proclaim peace unto it. (11) And it
shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall
be, that all the people that is found therein shall be
tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. (12) And if it will make no peace with thee, but will
make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: (13) And when YAHWEH thy Elohim hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: (14) But the women, and the little ones, and the
cattle, and 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 YAHWEH thy Elohim hath given thee. (15) Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. (16) But of the cities of these people, which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
doth give thee for an inheritance,
thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: (17)
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely,
the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites; as YAHWEH thy Elohim hath commanded thee: (18) That they teach you not to do after all their
abominations, which they have done unto their elohim; so should ye sin against YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(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 ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut
them down (for the tree of the field is man's
life) to employ them in the siege: (20) Only the trees which thou
knowest that they 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.
(I) If one be found
slain in the land which YAHWEH thy
Elohim giveth thee to possess it, lying in
the field, and it be not known who
hath slain him: (2) Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth,
and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: (3)
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even
the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with,
and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
(4) And the elders of that city shall bring down the
heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike
off the heifer's neck there in the valley: (5) And the
priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them YAHWEH thy Elohim hath chosen to minister
unto him, and to bless in the name of YAHWEH; and by their word shall every controversy
and every stroke be tried: (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: (7) And they
shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes
seen it. (8) Be merciful, O YAHWEH, 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. (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 YAHWEH. (10) When
thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and YAHWEH thy Elohim hath delivered them into
thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, (11)
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her,
that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; (12) Then
thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and
pare her nails; (13) And she shall put the raiment of her captivity
from off her, and shall 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. (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. (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: (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: (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. (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: (19) Then shall his father and
his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and
unto the gate of his place; (20) And they shall say unto the
elders of his city, This our son is stubborn
and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he
is a glutton, and a drunkard. (21) And all
the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put
evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. (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: (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 Elohim;)
that thy land be not defiled, which YAHWEH thy
Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance.
(I) 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. (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. (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. (4) Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox
fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to
lift them up again. (5) The 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 YAHWEH thy Elohim.
(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 sitting upon the young, or upon
the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: (7) But thou
shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be
well with thee, and that thou mayest
prolong thy days. (8) When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt
make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if
any man fall from thence. (9) Thou shalt not sow thy
vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown,
and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. (10) Thou
shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. (11)
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. (12)
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith
thou coverest thyself. (13) If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and
hate her, (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: (15) Then shall the father of
the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in
the gate: (16) And the damsel's father shall say unto the
elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; (17) And, lo, he hath given 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. (18) And the elders of that
city shall take that man and chastise him; (19) And they
shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of
silver, and give them unto the father
of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel:
and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. (20) But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: (21) Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door
of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that
she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her
father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. (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. (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; (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 neighbour's wife: so thou shalt
put away evil from among you. (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: (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 neighbour, and slayeth him, even so
is this matter: (27) For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. (28) If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and
lie with her, and they be found; (29) Then the
man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his
wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. (30) A man shall not take his father's wife, nor
discover his father's skirt.
(I) He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member
cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of YAHWEH. (2) A bastard shall not enter into the congregation
of YAHWEH;
even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of YAHWEH.
(3) An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the
congregation of YAHWEH;
even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of YAHWEH
for ever: (4) Because they met you not with bread and with
water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired
against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. (5) Nevertheless YAHWEH thy Elohim would not hearken unto
Balaam; but YAHWEH
thy Elohim
turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because YAHWEH thy Elohim loved thee. (6) Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their
prosperity all thy days for ever. (7) Thou
shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy
brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his
land. (8) The children that are begotten of them shall
enter into the congregation of YAHWEH in their third generation. (9) When the host goeth forth against thine enemies,
then keep thee from every wicked thing. (10) If there
be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth
him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within
the camp: (11) But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he
shall wash himself with water: and
when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. (12) Thou shalt have a place also without the camp,
whither thou shalt go forth abroad: (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: (14) For YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (15) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the
servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: (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. (17) There shall be no whore of the daughters of
Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. (18)
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house
of YAHWEH
thy Elohim
for any vow: for even both these are abomination
unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
(19) Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother;
usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: (20) Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but
unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that YAHWEH thy Elohim may bless thee in all
that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. (21) When thou shalt vow a vow unto YAHWEH thy Elohim,
thou shalt not slack to pay it: for YAHWEH thy
Elohim will surely require it of thee; and
it would be sin in thee. (22) But if thou shalt forbear
to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. (23) That
which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto YAHWEH thy Elohim,
which thou hast promised with thy mouth. (24) When
thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill
at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. (25) When thou comest into the
standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine
hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
(I) When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come
to pass that she find no favour 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. (2) And when she is departed out of his house, she
may go and be another man's wife. (3) And if the
latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and 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; (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 YAHWEH:
and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance. (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. (6) No
man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (7) If a man be found stealing any of his brethren
of the Children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then
that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. (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. (9) Remember what YAHWEH thy Elohim
did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. (10) When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou
shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. (11)
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the
pledge abroad unto thee. (12) And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his
pledge: (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 YAHWEH thy Elohim. (14) Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy
strangers that are in thy land within
thy gates: (15) 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 YAHWEH, and it be sin unto thee. (16) The fathers shall not be put to death for the
children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man
shall be put to death for his own sin. (17) Thou
shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: (18) But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman
in Egypt, and YAHWEH
thy Elohim
redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. (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 YAHWEH thy Elohim
may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. (20)
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. (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. (22) And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman
in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
(I) 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. (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. (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. (4) Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth
out the corn. (5) If brethren dwell together, and one of them die,
and have no 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 a husband's brother unto her. (6) And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of
his brother which is dead, that his
name be not put out of Israel. (7) And if the man like not to
take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the
elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a
name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. (8) Then the elders of his city shall call him, and
speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; (9) Then shall his brother's wife come 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. (10) And his
name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. (11) When men strive together one with another, and
the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of
him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the
secrets: (12) Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye
shall not pity her. (13) Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a
great and a small. (14) Thou shalt not have in thine house divers
measures, a great and a small. (15) 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 YAHWEH thy Elohim
giveth thee. (16) For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto YAHWEH thy Elohim.
(17) Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way,
when ye were come forth out of Egypt; (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 Elohim. (19) Therefore it shall be, when YAHWEH thy Elohim hath given thee rest
from all thine enemies round about, in the land which YAHWEH thy Elohim 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.
(I) And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which YAHWEH thy Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it,
and dwellest therein; (2) That thou shalt take of
the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land
that YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee, and shalt put it in a
basket, and shalt go unto the place which YAHWEH thy
Elohim shall choose to place his name
there. (3) And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be
in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto YAHWEH thy Elohim, that I am come unto the
country which YAHWEH
sware unto our fathers for to give us. (4) And the
priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the
altar of YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
(5) And thou shalt speak and say before YAHWEH thy Elohim,
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: (6)
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard
bondage: (7) And when we cried unto YAHWEH Elohim
of our fathers, YAHWEH
heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our
oppression: (8) And YAHWEH brought us forth out of Egypt with a
mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and
with signs, and with wonders: (9) And he hath brought us
into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. (10) And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits
of the land, which thou, O YAHWEH, hast given me. And thou shalt set it
before YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and worship before YAHWEH thy
Elohim: (11) and thou
shalt rejoice in every good thing which
YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the
stranger that is among you. (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; (13) Then
thou shalt say before YAHWEH thy
Elohim, 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: (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 YAHWEH
my Elohim,
and have done according to all that
thou hast commanded me. (15) Look down from thy holy
habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou
hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk
and honey. (16) This day YAHWEH thy
Elohim 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. (17) Thou hast avouched YAHWEH
this day to be thy Elohim, and to walk in his ways, and to keep HIS statutes, and HIS Commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
(18) And YAHWEH hath avouched thee this day to be his
peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all HIS
Commandments; (19) And to make thee high above all nations which he
hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an
holy people unto YAHWEH thy Elohim, as he hath spoken.
(I) And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people,
saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. (2) And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass
over Jordan unto the land which YAHWEH thy
Elohim giveth thee, that thou shalt set
thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: (3) And thou shalt write upon them all the words of
this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which
YAHWEH
thy Elohim
giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as YAHWEH Elohim
of thy fathers hath promised thee. (4) Therefore
it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that
ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal,
and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. (5) And there
shalt thou build an altar unto YAHWEH thy
Elohim, an altar of stones: thou shalt not
lift up any iron tool upon them. (6) Thou shalt build the altar
of YAHWEH
thy Elohim
of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto YAHWEH thy Elohim:
(7) And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt
eat there, and rejoice before YAHWEH thy
Elohim. (8) And thou
shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. (9) And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto
all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become
the people of YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
(10) Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of YAHWEH thy Elohim,
and do HIS Commandments and HIS statutes, which I command thee this
day. (11) And Moses charged the people the same day,
saying, (12) These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless
the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and
Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: (13) And
these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and
Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (14) And the Levites shall
speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, (15) Cursed be the
man that maketh any graven or molten
image, an abomination unto YAHWEH, the work of the hands of the craftsman,
and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. (16) Cursed be he
that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say,
Amen. (17) Cursed be he
that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. (18) Cursed be he
that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say,
Amen. (19) Cursed be he
that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all
the people shall say, Amen. (20) Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife;
because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. (21) Cursed be he
that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. (22) Cursed be he
that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his
mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (23) Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law.
And all the people shall say, Amen. (24) Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour
secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. (25)
Cursed be he that taketh reward to
slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. (26) Cursed be he
that confirmeth not all the words of
this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
(I) And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently
unto the voice of YAHWEH thy
Elohim, to observe and to do all HIS
Commandments which I command thee this day, that YAHWEH thy Elohim will set thee on high
above all nations of the earth: (2) And all
these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken
unto the voice of YAHWEH thy
Elohim. (3) Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt
thou be in the field. (4) Blessed shall
be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy
cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. (5) Blessed shall
be thy basket and thy store. (6) Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou
goest out. (7) YAHWEH 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. (8) YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH thy Elohim
giveth thee. (9) YAHWEH shall establish thee a holy people unto
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and walk in his ways. (10) And all people of the
earth shall see that thou art called by the name of YAHWEH; and they shall be afraid of
thee. (11) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH sware unto thy fathers to give thee. (12) YAHWEH 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. (13) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH thy
Elohim, which I command thee this day, to
observe and to do them: (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 elohim to serve them. (15) But it
shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of YAHWEH thy Elohim,
to observe to do all HIS Commandments
and HIS statutes which I command
thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: (16) Cursed shalt
thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. (17) Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. (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. (19) Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou
goest out. (20) YAHWEH 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. (21) YAHWEH
shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from
off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. (22) YAHWEH
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. (23) And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. (24) YAHWEH shall make the rain of thy land powder and
dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. (25) YAHWEH 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. (26) And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of
the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. (27) YAHWEH 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) YAHWEH shall smite thee with madness, and
blindness, and astonishment of heart: (29) And thou
shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not
prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and
no man shall save thee. (30) Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall
lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou
shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. (31) Thine ox shall
be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from
before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and
thou shalt have none to rescue them. (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. (33) The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours,
shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed
and crushed alway: (34) So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine
eyes which thou shalt see. (35) YAHWEH 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. (36) YAHWEH
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
elohim, wood and stone. (37) And thou shalt become an
astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither YAHWEH
shall lead thee. (38) Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field,
and shalt gather but little in; for
the locust shall consume it. (39) Thou shalt plant
vineyards, and dress them, but shalt
neither drink of the wine, nor gather
the grapes; for the worms shall eat
them. (40) Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy
coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself
with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. (41) Thou shalt beget sons and
daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. (42) All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the
locust consume. (43) The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt
come down very low. (44) He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend
to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. (45) 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 YAHWEH thy
Elohim, to keep HIS Commandments and HIS
statutes which he commanded thee: (46) And they
shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. (47) Because thou servedst not YAHWEH thy Elohim with joyfulness, and
with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; (48) Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which YAHWEH
shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in
want of all things: and he shall put
a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. (49) YAHWEH 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; (50) A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not
regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young: (51) 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. (52) And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates,
until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout
all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy
land, which YAHWEH
thy Elohim
hath given thee. (53) And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body,
the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which YAHWEH thy Elohim hath given thee, in the
siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: (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: (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. (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, (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. (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, YAHWEH
thy Elohim;
(59) Then YAHWEH 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.
(60) Moreover he will bring upon thee all the
diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. (61) Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law,
them will YAHWEH
bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. (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 YAHWEH thy Elohim. (63) And it shall come to pass, that as YAHWEH rejoiced over you to do you good, and to
multiply you; so YAHWEH 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. (64) And YAHWEH shall scatter thee among all people, from
the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other
elohim, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. (65) And
among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot
have rest: but YAHWEH
shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of
mind: (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: (67) In the morning thou shalt say, Would to Elohim
it were even! And at even thou shalt say, Would to Elohim it were morning!
For the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of
thine eyes which thou shalt see. (68) And YAHWEH
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.
(I) These are the
words of the covenant, which YAHWEH commanded Moses to make with the Children
of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in
Horeb. (2) And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto
them, Ye have seen all that YAHWEH did before your eyes in the land of Egypt
unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; (3) The great temptations which thine eyes have
seen, the signs, and those great miracles: (4) Yet YAHWEH
hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear,
unto this day. (5) And I
have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon
you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. (6) Ye have not eaten bread,
neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am YAHWEH your Elohim. (7) And when
ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan,
came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: (8) And we took their land, and gave it for an
inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of
Manasseh. (9) Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and
do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. (10)
Ye stand this day all of you before YAHWEH your Elohim; your captains of your tribes, your
elders, and your officers, with all
the men of Israel, (11) Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger
that is in thy camp, from the hewer
of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: (12) That
thou shouldest enter into covenant with YAHWEH thy
Elohim, and into his oath, which YAHWEH thy Elohim
maketh with thee this day: (13) That he may establish
thee to day for a people unto himself, and that
he may be unto thee an Elohim, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (14) Neither with you only do I make this covenant
and this oath; (15) But with him
that standeth here with us this day before YAHWEH our Elohim, and also with him that is not here with us this day: (16) (For ye
know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the
nations which ye passed by; (17) And ye have seen their
abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) (18) Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or
family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from YAHWEH our Elohim, to go and serve the elohim of these nations; lest there should be among
you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; (19) And it
come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in
his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine
heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: (20) YAHWEH
will not spare him, but then the anger of YAHWEH and his jealousy shall smoke against that
man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and YAHWEH
shall blot out his name from under heaven. (21) And YAHWEH
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: (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 YAHWEH
hath laid upon it; (23) 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 YAHWEH overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: (24) Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath YAHWEH
done thus unto this land? What meaneth the
heat of this great anger? (25) Then men shall say,
Because they have forsaken the covenant of YAHWEH Elohim of
their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the
land of Egypt: (26) For they went and served other elohim, and
worshipped them, elohim whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: (27)
And the anger of YAHWEH was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the
curses that are written in this book: (28) And YAHWEH
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) The secret things
belong unto YAHWEH
our Elohim:
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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH thy Elohim hath driven thee, (2) And shalt return unto YAHWEH thy Elohim, 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; (3)
That then YAHWEH
thy Elohim
will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and
gather thee from all the nations, whither YAHWEH thy
Elohim hath scattered thee. (4) If any of
thine be driven out unto the outmost parts
of heaven, from thence will YAHWEH thy
Elohim gather thee, and from thence will he
fetch thee: (5) And YAHWEH thy
Elohim will bring thee into the land which
thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and
multiply thee above thy fathers. (6) And YAHWEH thy Elohim
will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love YAHWEH thy Elohim
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. (7) And YAHWEH thy
Elohim will put all these curses upon thine
enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. (8) And thou shalt return and obey the voice of YAHWEH,
and do all HIS Commandments which I
command thee this day. (9) And YAHWEH thy Elohim 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 YAHWEH will again rejoice over thee
for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: (10) If thou
shalt hearken unto the voice of YAHWEH thy
Elohim, to keep HIS Commandments and HIS
statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto YAHWEH thy
Elohim with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul. (11) For this commandment which I command thee this
day, it is not hidden from thee,
neither is it far off. (12) It is not
in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring
it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? (13) Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou
shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we
may hear it, and do it? (14) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth,
and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. (15) See, I have set before thee this day life and
good, and death and evil; (16) In that I command thee
this day to love YAHWEH thy Elohim, to walk in his ways, and to keep HIS Commandments and HIS statutes and his judgments, that
thou mayest live and multiply: and YAHWEH thy
Elohim shall bless thee in the land whither
thou goest to possess it. (17) But if thine heart turn
away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other
elohim, and serve them; (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. (19) I call heaven and earth to record this day
against you, that I have set before
you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou
and thy seed may live: (20) That thou mayest love YAHWEH thy Elohim,
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 YAHWEH
sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
(I) And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. (2) And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out
and come in: also YAHWEH hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over
this Jordan. (3) YAHWEH thy
Elohim, 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 YAHWEH hath said. (4) And YAHWEH 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. (5) And YAHWEH shall give them up before your face, that
ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded
you. (6) Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor
be afraid of them: for YAHWEH thy
Elohim, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee. (7) And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him
in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go
with this people unto the land which YAHWEH hath sworn unto their fathers to give
them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. (8)
And YAHWEH,
he it is that doth go before thee; he
will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not,
neither be dismayed. (9) And Moses wrote this law,
and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the Ark of the
Covenant of YAHWEH,
and unto all the elders of Israel. (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,
(11) When all Israel is come to appear before YAHWEH thy Elohim
in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel
in their hearing. (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 YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and observe to do all the words of this law: (13)
And that their children, which have
not known any thing, may hear, and
learn to fear YAHWEH
your Elohim,
as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (14) And YAHWEH 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. (15) And YAHWEH appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of
a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. (16) And YAHWEH said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep
with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the
elohim 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. (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
they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our Elohim is not among us? (18) And I
will surely hide MY face in that day
for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto
other elohim. (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. (20) For when I
shall have brought them into the land which I sware 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 elohim, and serve them, and provoke ME, and break MY Covenant.
(21) And it shall come to pass, when many evils and
troubles are befallen them, that this song 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
sware. (22) Moses therefore wrote this song the same day,
and taught it the Children of Israel. (23) And he
gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage:
for thou shalt bring the Children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. (24) And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end
of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, (25) That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the
Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH, saying, (26)
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the Ark of the Covenant of
YAHWEH
your Elohim,
that it may be there for a witness against thee. (27)
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against YAHWEH;
and how much more after my death? (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. (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 YAHWEH, to provoke him to anger
through the work of your hands. (30) And
Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song,
until they were ended.
(I) Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth,
the words of my mouth. (2) My doctrine shall drop as
the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender
herb, and as the showers upon the grass: (3) Because I
will publish the name of YAHWEH: ascribe ye greatness unto our Elohim.
(4) He is the
Rock, HIS work is perfect: for
all HIS ways are judgment: an El of Truth and without iniquity, just and right is HE.
(5) They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they
are a perverse and crooked generation. (6) Do ye
thus requite YAHWEH,
O foolish people and unwise? Is not
he thy father that hath bought thee?
Hath he not made thee, and established thee? (7)
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy
father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (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. (9) For YAHWEH’S portion is his people; Jacob is the
lot of his inheritance. (10) He found him in a desert
land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye. (11) As an
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her
wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: (12) So YAHWEH alone did lead him, and there was no strange el with him. (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; (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. (15) But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art
waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook ELOAH [or Elowahh] which made
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (16) They provoked him to jealousy with strange elohim, with abominations provoked they
him to anger. (17) They sacrificed unto devils, not to ELOAH [or Elowahh]; to elohim whom they knew not, to new elohim that came newly up, whom your
fathers feared not. (18) Of the Rock that
begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten El that formed thee. (19) And when YAHWEH saw it,
he abhorred them, because of the
provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. (20)
And he said, I will hide MY face from them, I will see what their end shall
be: for they are a very froward
generation, children in whom is no
faith. (21) They have moved ME to jealousy with that
which is not El; they have provoked ME
to anger with their vanities: and I
will move them to jealousy with those
which are not a people; I will
provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. (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. (23) I
will heap mischiefs upon them; I
will spend MINE arrows upon them. (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. (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. (26) I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: (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 YAHWEH hath not done all this. (28) For they are
a nation void of counsel, neither is
there any understanding in them. (29) O that
they were wise, that they understood
this, that they would consider their
latter end! (30) How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten
thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and YAHWEH had shut them up? (31) For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. (32) For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their
grapes are grapes of gall, their
clusters are bitter: (33) Their wine is
the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (34) Is not
this laid up in store with ME, and sealed up among my treasures? (35) To ME
belongeth vengeance, and recompense;
their foot shall slide in due time:
for the day of their calamity is at
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. (36) For YAHWEH shall judge his people, and repent himself
for his servants, when he seeth that their
power is gone, and there is none
shut up, or left. (37) And he shall say, Where are their elohim, their rock
in whom they trusted, (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. (39) See now
that I, even I, am HE, and there is no elohim with ME: I kill,
and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that
can deliver out of MY hand. (40) For I
lift up MY hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. (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. (42) I
will make MINE arrows drunk with
blood, and MY sword shall devour
flesh; and that with the blood of the
slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. (43) 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. (44) And Moses came and spake all the words of this
song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. (45) And Moses made an end of speaking all these
words to all Israel: (46) And he said unto them,
Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye
shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. (47) For it is not
a vain thing for you; because it is your
life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (48) And YAHWEH spake unto Moses that selfsame day,
saying, (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: (50) And die
in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron
thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: (51) Because ye trespassed against ME among the Children of Israel at the
waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified ME not in the midst of the Children of
Israel. (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.
(I) And this is the
blessing, wherewith Moses the man of Elohim
blessed the Children of Israel before his death. (2)
And he said, YAHWEH
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. (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. (4) Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. (5) And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of
the people and the tribes of Israel
were gathered together. (6) Let Reuben live, and not
die; and let not his men be few. (7) And this is
the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, YAHWEH, the voice of Judah, and
bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou a
help to him from his enemies. (8) 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; (9) 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. (10) They shall teach Jacob THY judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before
thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. (11) Bless, YAHWEH, 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. (12) And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of YAHWEH
shall dwell in safety by him; and YAHWEH shall
cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. (13) And of Joseph he said, Blessed of YAHWEH be his land, for the precious things of
heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, (14) And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by
the moon, (15) And for the chief things of the ancient
mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, (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. (17) His glory is
like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people
together to the ends of the earth: and they are
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are
the thousands of Manasseh. (18) And of Zebulun he said,
Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. (19) They shall call the people unto the mountain;
there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. (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. (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 YAHWEH,
and his judgments with Israel. (22) And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from
Bashan. (23) And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied
with favour, and full with the blessing of YAHWEH: possess thou the west and the south. (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. (25) Thy shoes shall
be iron and brass; and as thy days, so
shall thy strength be. (26) There is none
like unto the El
of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the
heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. (27) The eternal Elohim is
thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall
say, Destroy them. (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. (29) Happy art thou,
O Israel: who is like unto thee, O
people saved by YAHWEH,
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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH showed him all the land of Gilead, unto
Dan, (2) And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and
Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, (3) And the south, and the plain of the valley of
Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. (4) And YAHWEH
said unto him, This is the land which
I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac,
and unto Jacob, saying, I will give
it unto thy seed: I have caused thee
to see it with thine eyes, but thou
shalt not go over thither. (5) So Moses the servant of YAHWEH
died there in the land of Moab, according to The Word of YAHWEH. (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.
(7) And Moses was
an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his
natural force abated. (8) And 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. (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 YAHWEH commanded Moses. (10) And there arose not a prophet since in Israel
like unto Moses, whom YAHWEH knew face to face, (11) In all the signs and the wonders, which YAHWEH
sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to
all his land, (12) And in all that mighty hand, and in all the
great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel.
(I) Now after the death of Moses the servant of YAHWEH
it came to pass, that YAHWEH spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses'
minister, saying, (2) Moses MY
servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this
people, unto the land which I do
give to them, even to the Children of
Israel. (3) Every place that the sole of your foot shall
tread upon, that have I given unto
you, as I said unto Moses. (4) From the wilderness
and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land
of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall
be your coast. (5) There shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
(6) Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this
people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
(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
whithersoever thou goest. (8) This book of the law shall
not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for
then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
(9) Have not I
commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou
dismayed: for YAHWEH
thy Elohim
is with thee whithersoever thou
goest. (10) Then Joshua commanded the officers of the
people, saying, (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 YAHWEH your Elohim giveth you to possess it. (12) And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and
to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, (13) Remember the word which Moses the servant of YAHWEH
commanded you, saying, YAHWEH your Elohim hath given you rest, and hath given you
this land. (14) Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle,
shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall
pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; (15) Until YAHWEH have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have
possessed the land which YAHWEH your Elohim giveth them: then ye shall return unto the
land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses YAHWEH’S servant gave you on this
side Jordan toward the sunrising. (16) And they
answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and
whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. (17)
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto
thee: only YAHWEH
thy Elohim
be with thee, as HE was with Moses. (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.
(I) 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
a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. (2)
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither
to night of the Children of Israel to search out the country. (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. (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:
(5) And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the
men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye
shall overtake them. (6) But she had brought them
up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she
had laid in order upon the roof. (7) And the
men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they
which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. (8) And before they were laid down, she came up unto
them upon the roof; (9) And she said unto the men, I know that YAHWEH
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. (10) For we have heard how YAHWEH 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. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim, he is Elohim
in heaven above, and in earth beneath. (12) Now
therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by YAHWEH, since I have showed you kindness, that ye
will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: (13) And that ye
will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and
all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. (14) And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if
ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when YAHWEH hath given us the land, that
we will deal kindly and truly with thee. (15) Then she
let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (16) And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain,
lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the
pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. (17) And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear. (18) Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt
bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by:
and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy
father's household, home unto thee. (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. (20) And if thou utter this our business, then we
will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. (21) And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they
departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. (22) And they went, and came unto the mountain, and
abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers
sought them throughout all the way,
but found them not. (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: (24) And they said unto Joshua, Truly YAHWEH
hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the
country do faint because of us.
(I) 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. (2) And it came to pass after
three days, that the officers went through the host; (3) And they commanded the people, saying, When ye
see the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH your Elohim, and the priests the Levites bearing it,
then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. (4) Yet there shall be a space between you and it,
about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know
the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. (5) And
Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow YAHWEH
will do wonders among you. (6) And Joshua spake unto the
priests, saying, Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and pass over before the
people. And they took up the Ark of the Covenant, and went before the people. (7) And YAHWEH said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of
all Israel, that they may know that, as I
was with Moses, so I will be with thee. (8) And thou shalt command the priests that bear the
Ark of the Covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of
Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. (9) And
Joshua said unto the Children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(10) And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the
living El
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. (11) Behold, the Ark of the Covenant of the Sovereign
of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. (12) Now therefore take you twelve men out of the
tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. (13) And it
shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear
the ark of YAHWEH,
the Sovereign
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. (14) And it came to pass, when the people removed
from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the Ark of the
Covenant before the people; (15) And as they that bare the
ark 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,) (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. (17) And the priests that bare
the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH 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.
(I) And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed
over Jordan, that YAHWEH spake unto Joshua, saying, (2) Take you twelve men out of the people, out of
every tribe a man, (3) And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out
of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood 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)
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the Children of
Israel, out of every tribe a man: (5) And
Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of YAHWEH your Elohim into the midst of Jordan,
and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the
number of the tribes of the Children of Israel: (6)
That this may be a sign among you, that when
your children ask their fathers in
time to come, saying, What mean ye by
these stones? (7) Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of
Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH; when it passed over Jordan,
the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial
unto the Children of Israel for ever. (8) And the
Children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of
the midst of Jordan, as YAHWEH 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. (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. (10) For the priests which bare the ark stood in the
midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that YAHWEH commanded Joshua to speak
unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people
hasted and passed over. (11) And it came to pass, when
all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of YAHWEH passed over, and the
priests, in the presence of the people. (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: (13) About forty thousand prepared for war passed
over before YAHWEH
unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. (14) On that
day YAHWEH
magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they
feared Moses, all the days of his life. (15) And YAHWEH
spake unto Joshua, saying, (16) Command the priests that
bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. (17) Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying,
Come ye up out of Jordan. (18) And it came to pass, when
the priests that bare the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH 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. (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. (20) And those twelve stones, which they took out of
Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. (21) And he
spake unto the Children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean
these stones? (22) Then ye shall let your children know, saying,
Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. (23) For YAHWEH
your Elohim
dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as YAHWEH
your Elohim
did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: (24) That all the people of the earth might know the
hand of YAHWEH,
that it is mighty: that ye might fear
YAHWEH
your Elohim
for ever.
JOSHUA 5
(I) 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 YAHWEH 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. (2) At that time YAHWEH said unto Joshua, Make thee
sharp knives, and circumcise again the Children of Israel the second time. (3) And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised
the Children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. (4) And this is
the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came 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) 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. (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 YAHWEH: unto whom YAHWEH sware that he would not show
them the land, which YAHWEH sware unto their fathers that he would
give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. (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. (8) And it came to pass, when they had done
circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till
they were whole. (9) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (11) And they did eat of the old corn of the land on
the morrow after the Passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. (12) And the manna ceased on the morrow after they
had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the Children of Israel manna
any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. (13) And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho,
that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over
against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and
said unto him, Art thou for us, or
for our adversaries? (14) And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of YAHWEH
am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and
said unto him, What saith my sovereign unto his servant? (15) And the captain of YAHWEH’S host said unto Joshua,
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
(I) Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the Children of
Israel: none went out, and none came in. (2) And YAHWEH
said unto Joshua, See, I have given
into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. (3) And ye
shall compass the city, all ye men of
war, and go round about the city
once. Thus shalt thou do six days. (4) And seven
priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh
day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the
trumpets. (5) And it shall come to pass, that when they make a
long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the
trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the
wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man
straight before him. (6) 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 YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH, and blew with the trumpets: and the Ark of the
Covenant of YAHWEH
followed them. (9) And the armed men went before the priests that
blew with the trumpets, and the rearguard came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with
the trumpets. (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.
(11) So the ark of YAHWEH compassed the city, going
about it once: and they came into the
camp, and lodged in the camp. (12) And Joshua rose early in
the morning, and the priests took up the ark of YAHWEH. (13) And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of
rams' horns before the ark of YAHWEH went on continually, and blew with the
trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rearguard came after the
ark of YAHWEH,
the priests going on, and blowing
with the trumpets. (14) And the second day they compassed the city once,
and returned into the camp: so they did six days. (15) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that
they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the
same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. (16) And it came to pass at the seventh time, when
the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for YAHWEH hath given you the city. (17) And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to YAHWEH: only Rahab the harlot shall
live, she and all that are with her
in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. (18) And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the 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. (19) But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of
brass and iron, are consecrated unto YAHWEH:
they shall come into the treasury of YAHWEH. (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. (21) And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman,
young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. (22) But Joshua had said unto the two men that had
spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. (23) And the young men that were spies went in, and
brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all
that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the
camp of Israel. (24) And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the
gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the
house of YAHWEH.
(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. (26) And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before YAHWEH, 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. (27) So YAHWEH was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
(I) 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 YAHWEH
was kindled against the Children of Israel. (2) And
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is
beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying,
Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. (3) And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him,
Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and
smite Ai; and make not all the people
to labour thither; for they are but few.
(4) So there went up thither of the people about
three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. (5) And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and
six men: for they chased 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. (6) And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the
earth upon his face before the ark of YAHWEH until the eventide, he and the elders of
Israel, and put dust upon their heads. (7) And
Joshua said, Alas, O my Sovereign YAHWEH,
wherefore hast THOU at all brought
this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to
destroy us? Would toto Elohim we had been content, and dwelt on the
other side Jordan! (8) O my Sovereign , what shall I say, when Israel turneth
their backs before their enemies! (9) For the
Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the
earth: and what wilt THOU do unto
thy great name? (10) And YAHWEH said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore
liest thou thus upon thy face? (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. (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. (13) Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify
yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, There is an accursed thing
in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies,
until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. (14) In the morning therefore ye shall be brought
according to your tribes: and it shall be, that
the tribe which YAHWEH taketh shall come according to the
families thereof; and the family
which YAHWEH
shall take shall come by households; and the household which YAHWEH
shall take shall come man by man. (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 YAHWEH, and because he hath wrought folly in
Israel. (16) So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and
brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: (17) And he brought the family of Judah; and he took
the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by
man; and Zabdi was taken: (18) And he brought his
household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. (19) And
Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, and make confession unto him;
and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it
not from me. (20) And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I
have sinned against YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, and thus and thus have I done: (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. (22) So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the
tent; and, behold, it was hid in his
tent, and the silver under it. (23) And they took them out of
the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the Children
of Israel, and laid them out before YAHWEH. (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. (25) And
Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? YAHWEH shall trouble thee this day. And all
Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned
them with stones. (26) And they raised over him a great heap of stones
unto this day. So YAHWEH turned from the fierceness of his anger.
Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this
day.
(I) And YAHWEH said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be
thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai:
see, I have given into thy hand the
king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: (2) And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou
didst unto 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. (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. (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: (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, (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. (7) Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize
upon the city: for YAHWEH your Elohim will deliver it into your hand. (8) And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire:
according to the commandment of YAHWEH shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. (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. (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. (11) And all the people, even the people of war that were
with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on
the north side of Ai: now there was a
valley between them and Ai. (12) And he took about five
thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west
side of the city. (13) And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their
liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of
the valley. (14) And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early,
and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his
people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him
behind the city. (15) And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were
beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. (16) And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they
pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. (17) And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel,
that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after
Israel. (18) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (20) And when the men of Ai
looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to
heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that
fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. (21) And when 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. (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. (23) And the king of Ai they
took alive, and brought him to Joshua. (24) And it
came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai
in the field, in the wilderness wherein they 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. (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. (26) For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he
stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of
Ai. (27) Only the cattle and the spoil of that city
Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto The Word of YAHWEH which he
commanded Joshua. (28) And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for
ever, even a desolation unto this
day. (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. (30) Then
Joshua built an altar unto YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel in mount Ebal, (31) As Moses the servant of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH,
and sacrificed peace offerings. (32) And he
wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the
presence of the Children of Israel. (33) And all
Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side
the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the Ark of
the Covenant of YAHWEH,
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 Moses the servant
of YAHWEH
had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. (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. (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.
(I) 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;
(2) That they gathered themselves together, to fight
with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. (3)
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and
to Ai, (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; (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.
(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. (7) And the men
of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall
we make a league with you? (8) And they said unto Joshua,
We are thy servants. And Joshua said
unto them, Who are ye? And from
whence come ye? (9) And they said unto him, From a very far country
thy servants are come because of the name of YAHWEH thy Elohim: for we have heard the
fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, (10) And all
that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of
Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. (11) 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. (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: (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. (14) And the men took of their victuals, and asked
not counsel at the mouth of YAHWEH.
(15) And Joshua made peace with them, and made a
league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware
unto them. (16) And it came to pass at the end of three days
after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. (17) And the Children of Israel journeyed, and came
unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. (18) And the Children of Israel smote them not,
because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by YAHWEH Elohim of Israel. And all the congregation
murmured against the princes. (19) But all the princes said
unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. (20)
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us,
because of the oath which we sware unto them. (21)
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood
and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised
them. (22) And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto
them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? (23) Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being
bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my Elohim.
(24) And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it
was certainly told thy servants, how that YAHWEH thy
Elohim 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. (25) And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do
unto us, do. (26) And so did he unto them, and delivered them out
of the hand of the Children of Israel, that they slew them not. (27) And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of YAHWEH,
even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
(I) Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek 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; (2) That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal
cities, and because it was greater
than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
(3) Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto
Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of
Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, (4)
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace
with Joshua and with the Children of Israel. (5)
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of
Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered
themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before
Gibeon, and made war against it. (6) And the
men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy
hand from thy 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. (7) So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the
people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. (8) And YAHWEH said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand;
there shall not a man of them stand before thee. (9)
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and
went up from Gilgal all night. (10) And YAHWEH
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. (11) And it came to pass, as
they fled from before Israel, and were
in the going down to Bethhoron, that YAHWEH 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. (12) Then spake Joshua to YAHWEH in the day when YAHWEH
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. (13) 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. (14) And there was no day like
that before it or after it, that YAHWEH hearkened unto the voice of a man: for YAHWEH
fought for Israel. (15) And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him,
unto the camp to Gilgal. (16) But these five kings
fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. (17)
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at
Makkedah. (18) And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the
mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: (19) And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them;
suffer them not to enter into their cities: for YAHWEH your Elohim hath delivered them into
your hand. (20) And it came to pass, when Joshua and the
Children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter,
till they were consumed, that the rest which
remained of them entered into fenced cities. (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. (22) Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave,
and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. (23) And they did so, and brought forth those five
kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the
king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and
the king of Eglon. (24) And it came to pass, when
they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of
Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come
near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put
their feet upon the necks of them. (25) And
Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good
courage: for thus shall YAHWEH do to all your enemies against whom ye
fight. (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. (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. (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. (29) Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel
with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: (30) And YAHWEH 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. (31) And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel
with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: (32) And YAHWEH delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel,
which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and
all the souls that were therein,
according to all that he had done to Libnah. (33)
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his
people, until he had left him none remaining. (34)
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they
encamped against it, and fought against it: (35) And they
took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls
that were therein he utterly
destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. (36) And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel
with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: (37) And they took it, and smote it with the edge of
the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls
that were 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.
(38) And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to
Debir; and fought against it: (39) And he took it, and the
king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of
the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so
he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to
her king. (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 YAHWEH Elohim of Israel commanded. (41) And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even
unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. (42) And all these kings and their land did Joshua
take at one time, because YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel fought for Israel. (43) And Joshua returned, and
all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
(I) 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, (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, (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. (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. (5) And when all these kings
were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to
fight against Israel. (6) And YAHWEH 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 hock their
horses, and burn their chariots with fire. (7) So Joshua
came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom
suddenly; and they fell upon them. (8) And YAHWEH
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. (9) And Joshua did unto them as YAHWEH bade him: he hocked their horses,
and burnt their chariots with fire. (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) 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. (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 YAHWEH
commanded. (13) But as for
the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them,
save Hazor only; that did Joshua
burn. (14) And all the spoil of these cities, and the
cattle, the Children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man
they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither
left they any to breathe. (15) As YAHWEH commanded Moses his servant,
so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all
that YAHWEH
commanded Moses. (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; (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. (18) Joshua made war a long time with all those
kings. (19) There was not a city that made peace with the
Children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. (20) For it was of YAHWEH to harden their hearts, that
they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but
that he might destroy them, as YAHWEH commanded Moses. (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. (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. (23)
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that YAHWEH 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.
(I) 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: (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; (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: (4) And the coast of Og king
of Bashan, which was of the remnant
of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, (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. (6)
Them did Moses the servant of YAHWEH and the Children of Israel smite: and
Moses the servant of YAHWEH gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh. (7) And these are
the kings of the 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; (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: (9) The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; (10) The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron,
one; (11) The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish,
one; (12) The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; (13) The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; (14) The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; (15) The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam,
one; (16) The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel,
one; (17) The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher,
one; (18) The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon,
one; (19) The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; (20) The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of
Achshaph, one; (21) The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo,
one; (22) The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of
Carmel, one; (23) The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the
king of the nations of Gilgal, one; (24) The king
of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
(I) Now Joshua was old and
stricken in years; and YAHWEH said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there
remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. (2)
This is the land that yet remaineth:
all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, (3) From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five
tyrants of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the
Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (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: (5) And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon,
toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into
Hamath. (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. (7) Now therefore divide this
land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, (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 YAHWEH
gave them; (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; (10) And all
the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the
border of the children of Ammon; (11) And
Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount
Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; (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) 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. (14) Only
unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of YAHWEH Elohim of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto
them. (15) And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of
Reuben inheritance according to their
families. (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; (17) Heshbon,
and all her cities that are in the
plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, (18)
And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, (19) And
Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, (20) And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and
Bethjeshimoth, (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. (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. (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. (24) And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. (25) And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of
Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; (26) And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim;
and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; (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. (28) This is the
inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their
villages. (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. (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: (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 of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of
Machir by their families. (32) These are the countries which Moses did distribute
for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho,
eastward. (33) But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel was their inheritance, as
he said unto them.
(I) 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. (2) By lot was
their inheritance, as YAHWEH commanded by the hand of Moses, for the
nine tribes, and for the half tribe. (3) For Moses had given the inheritance of two
tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave
none inheritance among them. (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. (5) As YAHWEH commanded Moses, so the Children of Israel
did, and they divided the land. (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 YAHWEH said unto Moses the man of Elohim concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. (7) Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of YAHWEH sent me from Kadeshbarnea to
espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. (8)
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people
melt: but I wholly followed YAHWEH my Elohim. (9) And Moses
sware 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 YAHWEH
my Elohim.
(10) And now, behold, YAHWEH hath kept me alive, as he
said, these forty and five years, even since YAHWEH 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. (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. (12) Now therefore give me
this mountain, whereof YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH will
be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as YAHWEH said. (13) And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the
son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. (14) Hebron
therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite
unto this day, because that he wholly followed YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel. (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.
(I) 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. (2) And their
south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh
southward: (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: (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. (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: (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: (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: (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: (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:
(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: (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. (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. (13) And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a
part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of YAHWEH
to Joshua, even the city of Arba the
father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
(14) And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak,
Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (15) And he went up thence to the inhabitants of
Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
(16) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher,
and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. (17) And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of
Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (18) And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of
her father a field: and she lighted off her
ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? (19) 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. (20) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Judah according to their families. (21)
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast
of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, (22) And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, (23) And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, (24) Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, (25) And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, (26) Amam, and Shema, and
Moladah, (27) And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, (28) And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, (29) Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, (30) And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, (31) And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, (32) And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon:
all the cities are twenty and nine,
with their villages: (33) And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (34) And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, (35) Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, (36) And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and
Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: (37) Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, (38) And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, (39) Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, (40) And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, (41) And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and
Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: (42)
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, (43) And Jiphtah, and Ashnah,
and Nezib, (44) And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine
cities with their villages: (45) Ekron, with her towns and
her villages: (46) From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: (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: (48) And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and
Socoh, (49) And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, (50)
And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, (51) And
Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: (52) Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, (53) And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, (54) And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with
their villages: (55) Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, (56) And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, (57) Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their
villages: (58) Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, (59) And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six
cities with their villages: (60) Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities
with their villages: (61) In the wilderness,
Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, (62) And
Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. (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.
(I) 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. (2) And goeth
out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
(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. (4) So the children of Joseph,
Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. (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; (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; (7) And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to
Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. (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. (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. (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.
(I) 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. (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.
(3) But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and
these are the names of his daughters,
Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (4)
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun,
and before the princes, saying, YAHWEH commanded Moses to give us an inheritance
among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of YAHWEH
he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. (5) And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside
the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were
on the other side Jordan; (6) Because the daughters of
Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had
the land of Gilead. (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. (8) Now Manasseh
had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; (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: (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. (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. (12) Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out
the inhabitants of those cities; but
the Canaanites would dwell in that land. (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. (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 YAHWEH hath blessed me hitherto? (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. (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) And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying,
Thou art a great people, and hast
great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
(18) But the 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.
(I) 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. (2)
And there remained among the Children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet
received their inheritance. (3) And Joshua said unto the
Children of Israel, How long are ye
slack to go to possess the land, which YAHWEH Elohim of
your fathers hath given you? (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH our Elohim. (7) But the
Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH gave them. (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 YAHWEH in Shiloh. (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. (10) And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before YAHWEH:
and there Joshua divided the land unto the Children of Israel according to
their divisions. (11) And the lot of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came
forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. (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. (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. (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. (15) 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: (16) 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, (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) And passed along toward the side over against
Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: (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. (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. (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. (22) And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, (23) And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, (24) And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba;
twelve cities with their villages: (25) Gibeon,
and Ramah, and Beeroth, (26) And Mizpeh, and
Chephirah, and Mozah, (27) And Rekem, and Irpeel,
and Taralah, (28) And Zelah,
Eleph, and 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.
(I) 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. (2) And they
had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, (3) And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, (4) And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, (5) And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, (6) And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities
and their villages: (7) Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities
and their villages: (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. (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. (10) And the third lot came up for the children of
Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was
unto Sarid: (11) And their border went up toward the sea, and
Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; (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. (13) And from thence passeth on along on the east to
Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; (14) And the border compasseth it on the north side
to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: (15) And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and
Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. (16) This is the
inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these
cities with their villages. (17) And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of
Issachar according to their families. (18) And
their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, (19) And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, (20) And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, (21) And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and
Bethpazzez; (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. (23) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities and their villages. (24) And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the
children of Asher according to their families. (25)
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, (26) And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and
reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; (27) 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, (28) And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; (29) 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: (30) Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two
cities with their villages. (31) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according
to their families, these cities with their villages. (32) The sixth lot came out to the children of
Naphtali, even for the children of
Naphtali according to their families. (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: (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. (35)
And the fenced cities are Ziddim,
Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, (36) And
Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, (37) And Kedesh, and Edrei,
and Enhazor, (38) And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath,
and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. (39) This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their
families, the cities and their villages. (40) And the seventh lot came out for the
tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. (41) And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah,
and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, (42) And Shaalabbin, and
Ajalon, and Jethlah, (43) And Elon, and Thimnathah,
and Ekron, (44) And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, (45) And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, (46) And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before
Japho. (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. (48) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. (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: (50)
According to The Word of YAHWEH they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and
he built the city, and dwelt therein. (51) These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the Children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before YAHWEH,
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of
dividing the country.
(I) YAHWEH also spake unto Joshua, saying, (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: (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. (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. (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
neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. (6) And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand
before the congregation for judgment, and
until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall
the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the
city from whence he fled. (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. (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. (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.
(I) 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; (2)
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, YAHWEH
commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs
thereof for our cattle. (3) And the Children of Israel
gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of YAHWEH,
these cities and their suburbs. (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. (5) And the
rest of the children of Kohath had by
lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. (6) And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of
the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe
of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. (7) The
children of Merari by their families had out
of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, twelve cities. (8) And the Children of Israel
gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as YAHWEH
commanded by the hand of Moses. (9) And they
gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the
children of Simeon, these cities which are here
mentioned by name, (10) 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. (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. (12) But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. (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, (14) And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with
her suburbs, (15) And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her
suburbs, (16) And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her
suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (17)
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her
suburbs, (18) Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her
suburbs; four cities. (19) All the cities of the
children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs. (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. (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, (22) And
Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. (23) And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her
suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, (24) Aijalon
with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. (25) And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach
with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. (26) All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of
Kohath that remained. (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. (28) And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with
her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, (29) Jarmuth
with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. (30) And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, (31) Helkath
with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. (32) And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
Galilee with her suburbs, to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with
her suburbs; three cities. (33) All the cities of the
Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs. (34) And unto
the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the
tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, (35) Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her
suburbs; four cities. (36) And out of the tribe of
Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, (37) Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs; four cities. (38) And out of the tribe of
Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to
be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, (39) Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her
suburbs; four cities in all. (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. (41) All the cities of the Levites within the
possession of the Children of Israel were
forty and eight cities with their suburbs. (42)
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. (43) And YAHWEH gave unto Israel all the land which he
sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. (44) And YAHWEH gave them rest round about, according to
all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; YAHWEH delivered all their enemies into their
hand. (45) There failed not ought of any good thing which YAHWEH
had spoken unto the House of Israel; all came to pass.
(I) Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, (2) And said unto them, Ye
have kept all that Moses the servant of YAHWEH commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in
all that I commanded you: (3) Ye have not left your
brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(4) And now YAHWEH your Elohim 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 YAHWEH gave you on the other side Jordan. (5) But take diligent heed to do the commandment and
the law, which Moses the servant of YAHWEH charged you, to love YAHWEH your Elohim, and to walk in all HIS ways, and to keep HIS Commandments, and to cleave unto HIM, and to serve HIM with all your heart and with all your soul. (6) So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and
they went unto their tents. (7) Now to the one half 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, (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. (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 YAHWEH by the hand of Moses. (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. (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. (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. (13) And the
Children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest, (14) And with him ten princes,
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. (15) And they
came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half
tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, (16) Thus saith the whole congregation of YAHWEH,
What trespass is this that ye have
committed against the Elohim of Israel, to turn away this day from
following YAHWEH,
in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against YAHWEH?
(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 YAHWEH, (18) But that ye must turn away this day from
following YAHWEH?
And it will be, seeing ye rebel to
day against YAHWEH,
that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. (19) Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of YAHWEH,
wherein YAHWEH’S
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against YAHWEH,
nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(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. (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, (22) YAHWEH El of elohim, YAHWEH El of elohim, HE knoweth, and Israel HE
shall know; if it be in rebellion, or
if in transgression against YAHWEH, (save us not this day,) (23) That we have built us an altar to turn from
following YAHWEH,
or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace
offerings thereon, let YAHWEH himself require it; (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 YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel? (25) For YAHWEH hath made Jordan a border between us and
you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in YAHWEH:
so shall your children make our children cease from fearing YAHWEH.
(26) Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build
us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: (27) But that it
may be a witness between us, and you,
and our generations after us, that we might do the service of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH,
which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. (29) Elohim forbid that we should rebel against YAHWEH,
and turn this day from following YAHWEH, to build an altar for burnt offerings,
for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of YAHWEH our Elohim that is before his tabernacle. (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. (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 YAHWEH
is among us, because ye have not
committed this trespass against YAHWEH: now ye have delivered the Children of
Israel out of the hand of YAHWEH. (32) And
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the
children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead,
unto the land of Canaan, to the Children of Israel, and brought them word
again. (33) And the thing pleased the Children of Israel;
and the Children of Israel blessed Elohim,
and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein
the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. (34) And the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that YAHWEH is Elohim.
(I) And it came to pass a long time after that YAHWEH
had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua
waxed old and stricken in age. (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: (3) And ye have seen all that YAHWEH your Elohim hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for YAHWEH your Elohim is he
that hath fought for you. (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. (5) And YAHWEH your Elohim, he shall expel them from before you, and
drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as YAHWEH
your Elohim
hath promised unto you. (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; (7) That ye come not among these nations, these that
remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their elohim, nor cause
to swear by them, neither serve them,
nor bow yourselves unto them: (8) But cleave unto YAHWEH
your Elohim,
as ye have done unto this day. (9) For YAHWEH 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. (10) One man of you shall chase a thousand: for YAHWEH
your Elohim,
he it is that fighteth for you, as he
hath promised you. (11) Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that
ye love YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(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: (13) Know for a certainty that YAHWEH your Elohim 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 YAHWEH
your Elohim
hath given you. (14) And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts
and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things
which YAHWEH
your Elohim
spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. (15) Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon
you, which YAHWEH
your Elohim
promised you; so shall YAHWEH bring upon you all evil things, until he
have destroyed you from off this good land which YAHWEH your Elohim hath given you. (16) When ye have transgressed the covenant of YAHWEH
your Elohim,
which he commanded you, and have gone and served other elohim, and bowed
yourselves to them; then shall the anger of YAHWEH be kindled against you, and
ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
(I) 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 Elohim.
(2) And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim 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 elohim. (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.
(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. (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. (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. (7) And when they cried unto YAHWEH, 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. (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. (9) 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: (10) But I
would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. (11) And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho:
and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; and I delivered them into
your hand. (12) And I
sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow. (13) And I
have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built
not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not
do ye eat. (14) Now therefore fear YAHWEH, and serve him in sincerity
and in truth: and put away the elohim which your fathers served on the other
side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye YAHWEH. (15) And if it seem evil unto you to serve YAHWEH,
choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the elohim which your fathers
served that were on the other side of
the flood, or the elohim of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve YAHWEH. (16) And the
people answered and said, Elohim forbid that we should forsake YAHWEH,
to serve other elohim; (17) For YAHWEH our Elohim, 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: (18) And YAHWEH drave out from before us all the people,
even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore
will we also serve YAHWEH; for he is our Elohim. (19) And
Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve YAHWEH: for he is a holy Elohim; he is a jealous El; he will not forgive your transgressions nor
your sins. (20) If ye forsake YAHWEH, and serve strange elohim,
then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you
good. (21) And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we
will serve YAHWEH.
(22) And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye
have chosen you YAHWEH,
to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
(23) Now therefore put away, said he, the strange elohim which are among you, and incline your heart unto YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel. (24) And the people said unto Joshua, YAHWEH
our Elohim
will we serve, and his voice will we obey. (25) So
Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an
ordinance in Shechem. (26) And Joshua wrote these
words in the book of the law of Elohim,
and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH
which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny
your Elohim.
(28) So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto
his inheritance. (29) And it came to pass after these things, that
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of YAHWEH, died, being
an hundred and ten years old. (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. (31) And Israel served YAHWEH
all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua,
and which had known all the works of YAHWEH, that he had done for Israel. (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. (33) 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.
(I) Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the
Children of Israel asked YAHWEH, saying, Who shall go up for us against
the Canaanites first, to fight against them? (2)
And YAHWEH
said, Judah shall go up: behold, I
have delivered the land into his hand. (3) And Judah
said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight
against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So
Simeon went with him. (4) And Judah went up; and YAHWEH
delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of
them in Bezek ten thousand men. (5) And they
found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the
Canaanites and the Perizzites. (6) But Adonibezek fled; and
they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great
toes. (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 Elohim
hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. (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. (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. (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. (11) And from thence he went against the inhabitants
of Debir: and the name of Debir before was
Kirjathsepher: (12) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher,
and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. (13) And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger
brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (14) And it came to pass, when she came 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? (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. (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. (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. (18) Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and
Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. (19) And YAHWEH 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. (20) And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said:
and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. (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. (22) And the house of Joseph, they also went up
against Bethel: and YAHWEH was with
them. (23) And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel.
(Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
(24) And the spies saw a man come forth out of the
city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the
city, and we will show thee mercy. (25) And when
he showed 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. (26) And the man went into the land of the Hittites,
and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. (27)
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. (28) And it came to pass, when Israel was strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. (29) Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites
that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (30) Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of
Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them,
and became tributaries. (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: (32) But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites,
the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. (33) Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants
of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the
Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of
Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. (34) And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into
the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: (35) But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in
Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so
that they became tributaries. (36) And the coast of the Amorites
was from the going up to Akrabbim,
from the rock, and upward.
(I) And an angel of YAHWEH 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
sware unto your fathers; and I said,
I will never break MY Covenant with you. (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? (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 elohim shall be a snare unto you. (4) And it came to pass, when the angel of YAHWEH
spake these words unto all the Children of Israel, that the people lifted up
their voice, and wept. (5) And they called the name
of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto YAHWEH. (6) And when Joshua had let the people go, the
Children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. (7) And the people served YAHWEH all the days of Joshua, and
all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great
works of YAHWEH,
that he did for Israel. (8) And Joshua, the son of
Nun, the servant of YAHWEH, died, being
an hundred and ten years old. (9) 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. (10)
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose
another generation after them, which knew not YAHWEH, nor yet the works which he
had done for Israel. (11) And the Children of
Israel did evil in the sight of YAHWEH, and served Baalim: (12) And they forsook YAHWEH Elohim
of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed
other elohim, of the elohim of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked
YAHWEH
to anger. (13) And they forsook YAHWEH, and served Baal and
Ashtaroth. (14) And the anger of YAHWEH was hot against Israel, and
he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold
them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any
longer stand before their enemies. (15)
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of YAHWEH was against them for evil, as YAHWEH
had said, and as YAHWEH had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. (16) Nevertheless YAHWEH raised up judges, which
delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. (17) And yet they would not hearken unto their
judges, but they went a whoring after other elohim, and bowed themselves unto
them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying
the commandments of YAHWEH; but
they did not so. (18) And when YAHWEH
raised them up judges, then YAHWEH was with the judge, and delivered them out
of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented YAHWEH
because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed
them. (19) And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in
following other elohim to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased
not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. (20) And the anger of YAHWEH 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; (21) I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the
nations which Joshua left when he died: (22) That
through them I may prove Israel,
whether they will keep the way of YAHWEH to walk therein, as their fathers did keep
it, or not. (23) Therefore YAHWEH left those nations, without driving them
out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
(I) Now these are the
nations which YAHWEH
left, to prove Israel by them, even as
many of Israel as had not known all
the wars of Canaan; (2) Only that the generations of the Children of
Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing
thereof; (3) Namely, five
tyrants 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. (4) And they were to prove Israel by them, to know
whether they would hearken unto the commandments
of YAHWEH, which he commanded their fathers
by the hand of Moses. (5) And the Children of Israel
dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and
Hivites, and Jebusites: (6) And they took their
daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served
their elohim. (7) And the Children of Israel did evil in the sight
of YAHWEH,
and forgat YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and served Baalim and the groves. (8) Therefore
the anger of YAHWEH
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. (9) And when the Children of Israel cried unto YAHWEH,
YAHWEH
raised up a deliverer to the Children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's
younger brother. (10) And the spirit of YAHWEH came upon him, and he judged
Israel, and went out to war: and YAHWEH delivered Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. (11) And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel
the son of Kenaz died. (12) And the Children of
Israel did evil again in the sight of YAHWEH: and YAHWEH strengthened Eglon the king of Moab
against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of YAHWEH. (13) And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon
and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. (14) So the Children of Israel served Eglon the king
of Moab eighteen years. (15) But when the Children of
Israel cried unto YAHWEH, YAHWEH 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. (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. (17) And he
brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. (18) And when
he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the
present. (19) But he himself turned again from the quarries
that were by Gilgal, and said, I have
a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood
by him went out from him. (20) And Ehud came unto him;
and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And
Ehud said, I have a message from Elohim
unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
(21) And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the
dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: (22) And the haft also went in after the blade; and
the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his
belly; and the dirt came out. (23) Then Ehud went forth
through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
(24) When he was gone out, his servants came; and
when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer
chamber. (25) And they tarried till they were ashamed: and,
behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and
opened them: and, behold, their
sovereign was fallen down dead on the
earth. (26) And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed
beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. (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. (28) And he said unto them, Follow after me: for YAHWEH
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. (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. (30) So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of
Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. (31)
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six
hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
(I) And the Children of Israel again did evil in the sight of YAHWEH,
when Ehud was dead. (2) And YAHWEH 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. (3) And the Children of Israel cried unto YAHWEH:
for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily
oppressed the Children of Israel. (4) And
Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. (5) And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah
between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the Children of Israel came up
to her for judgment. (6) And she sent and called
Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not YAHWEH Elohim 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? (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. (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. (9) And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding
the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for YAHWEH
shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with
Barak to Kedesh. (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.
(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. (12) And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of
Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. (13) And
Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even
nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of
Kishon. (14) And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which YAHWEH hath delivered Sisera into
thine hand: is not YAHWEH gone out before thee? So Barak went down
from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. (15) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (17) Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent
of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there
was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the
Kenite. (18) And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto
him, Turn in, my sovereign, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in
unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. (19) And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a
little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and
gave him drink, and covered him. (20) Again he
said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man
doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? That thou shalt
say, No. (21) Then Jael Heber's wife took a 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. (22) And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came
out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom
thou seekest. And when he came into her tent,
behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was
in his temples. (23) So Elohim
subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the Children of Israel. (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.
(I) Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,
saying, (2) Praise ye YAHWEH for the avenging of Israel, when the
people willingly offered themselves. (3) Hear, O
ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even
I, will sing unto YAHWEH; I will sing praise to YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (4) YAHWEH, 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) The mountains melted from before YAHWEH,
even that Sinai from before YAHWEH Elohim of Israel. (6) In
the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were
unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. (7) The
inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I
Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. (8)
They chose new elohim; then was war
in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? (9) My heart is
toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the
people. Bless ye YAHWEH. (10) Speak, ye that ride on
white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. (11) They that
are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water,
there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of YAHWEH, even the righteous acts toward
the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of YAHWEH
go down to the gates. (12) Awake, awake, Deborah:
awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou
son of Abinoam. (13) Then he made him that remaineth have dominion
over the nobles among the people: YAHWEH made me have dominion over the mighty. (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. (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. (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. (17) Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan
remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. (18) Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded
their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. (19) The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the
waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. (20)
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. (21) The river of Kishon swept them away, that
ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. (22) Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of
the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. (23) Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of YAHWEH,
curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of
YAHWEH,
to the help of YAHWEH
against the mighty. (24) Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber
the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. (25) He asked water, and she gave him milk;
she brought forth butter in a large dish. (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. (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. (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? (29) Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned
answer to herself, (30) Have they not sped? Have they not divided the prey; to every man a
damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of
divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of
needlework on both sides, meet for
the necks of them that take the
spoil? (31) So let all thine enemies perish, O YAHWEH:
but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his
might. And the land had rest forty years.
(I) And the Children of Israel did evil in the sight of YAHWEH:
and YAHWEH
delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. (2) 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. (3) 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; (4) 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. (5) 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. (6) And Israel was greatly impoverished because of
the Midianites; and the Children of Israel cried unto YAHWEH. (7) And it came to pass, when the Children of Israel
cried unto YAHWEH
because of the Midianites, (8) That YAHWEH sent a prophet unto the
Children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, I brought you up from
Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; (9) And I
delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that
oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; (10) And I
said unto you, I am YAHWEH your Elohim; fear not the elohim of the Amorites, in
whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed MY voice. (11) And there came an angel
of YAHWEH,
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. (12) And the angel of YAHWEH appeared unto him, and said
unto him, YAHWEH
is with thee, thou mighty man of
valour. (13) And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Sovereign, if YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
bring us up from Egypt? But now YAHWEH hath forsaken us, and delivered us into
the hands of the Midianites. (14) And YAHWEH 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? (15) And he said unto him, Oh my Sovereign , wherewith shall I save
Israel? Behold, my family is poor in
Manasseh, and I am the least in my
father's house. (16) And YAHWEH said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one
man. (17) And he said unto him, If now I have found grace
in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. (18) Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto
thee, and bring forth my present, and set it
before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. (19) 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.
(20) And the angel of Elohim
said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the
broth. And he did so. (21) Then the angel of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
departed out of his sight. (22) And when Gideon perceived
that he was an angel of my Sovereign ,
Gideon said, Alas, O Sovereign YAHWEH!
For because I have seen an angel of YAHWEH face to face. (23) And YAHWEH said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. (24) Then Gideon built an altar there unto YAHWEH,
and called it YAHWEH-shalom:
unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of
the Abiezrites. (25) And it came to pass the same night, that YAHWEH
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: (26) And build an altar unto YAHWEH thy Elohim 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. (27) Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and
did as YAHWEH
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. (28) 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. (29) And they said one to another, Who hath done this
thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash
hath done this thing. (30) Then the men of the city
said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down
the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. (31) 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 an Elohim, let him plead for himself,
because one hath cast down his altar.
(32) Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal,
saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. (33) 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. (34) But the spirit of YAHWEH came upon Gideon, and he
blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. (35) 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. (36) And Gideon said unto Elohim,
If THOU wilt save Israel by mine
hand, as THOU hast said, (37) Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the
floor; and if the dew be on the
fleece only, and it be dry upon all
the earth beside, then shall I know
that THOU wilt save Israel by mine
hand, as THOU hast said. (38) And it was so: for he rose up early on the
morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece,
a bowl full of water. (39) And Gideon said unto Elohim, 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. (40) And Elohim
did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on
all the ground.
(I) 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. (2) And YAHWEH 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. (3) Now
therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return
and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and
two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. (4)
And YAHWEH
said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the
water, and I will try them for thee
there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with
thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not
go. (5) So he brought down the people unto the water:
and YAHWEH
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. (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) And YAHWEH
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. (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. (9) And it came to pass the same night, that YAHWEH
said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. (10)
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: (11) and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward
shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down
with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. (12) And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all
the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for
multitude; and their camels were without
number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. (13) And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto
his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley
bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that
it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. (14) And his 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 Elohim delivered Midian, and
all the host. (15) And it was so,
when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof,
that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for YAHWEH
hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. (16) 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. (17) 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. (18) 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 YAHWEH, and of Gideon. (19) 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. (20) 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 YAHWEH, and of Gideon. (21) And they stood every man in his place round
about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. (22) And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and YAHWEH
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. (23)
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. (24) 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. (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.
(I) 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. (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? (3) Elohim 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. (4) And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. (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. (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? (7) And Gideon said, Therefore when YAHWEH
hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh
with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. (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. (9) And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying,
When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. (10) Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts
of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men
that drew sword. (11) And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt
in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host
was secure. (12) And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued
after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and
discomfited all the host. (13) And Gideon the son of
Joash returned from battle before the sun was
up, (14) And caught a young man of the men of Succoth,
and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the
elders thereof, even threescore and
seventeen men. (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? (16) And he took the elders of
the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the
men of Succoth. (17) And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew
the men of the city. (18) Then said he unto Zebah
and Zalmunna, What manner of men were
they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each
one resembled the children of a king. (19) And he
said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as YAHWEH liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I
would not slay you. (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. (21) Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and
fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his
strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the
ornaments that were on their camels'
necks. (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. (23) And
Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over
you: YAHWEH
shall rule over you. (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.) (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. (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. (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. (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. (29)
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. (30) And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his
body begotten: for he had many wives. (31) And his
concubine that was in Shechem, she
also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. (32) And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old
age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the
Abiezrites. (33) And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead,
that the Children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and
made Baalberith their elohim. (34) And the Children of
Israel remembered not YAHWEH their Elohim, who had delivered them out of the hands
of all their enemies on every side: (35) Neither
showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed
unto Israel.
(I) 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, (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. (3) And his mother's brethren spake of him in the
ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to
follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our
brother. (4) And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of
Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed
him. (5) And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah,
and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding
yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. (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. (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 Elohim may hearken unto you. (8) The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive
tree, Reign thou over us. (9) But the olive tree said
unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour Elohim
and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? (10)
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. (11) But the fig tree said
unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be
promoted over the trees? (12) Then said the trees unto
the vine, Come thou, and reign over
us. (13) And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my
wine, which cheereth Elohim
and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? (14)
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. (15) And the bramble said unto
the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your
trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour
the cedars of Lebanon. (16) Now therefore, if ye have
done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have
dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to
the deserving of his hands; (17) (For my father fought for
you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: (18) And ye are risen up against my father's house
this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone,
and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of
Shechem, because he is your brother;)
(19) 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: (20) 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. (21) And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer,
and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. (22) When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
(23) Then Elohim
sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of
Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: (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. (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. (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. (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 elohim, and did eat and drink, and
cursed Abimelech. (28) And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is not he
the son of Jerubbaal? And Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the
father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? (29)
And would to Elohim
this people were under my hand! Then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to
Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. (30)
And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed,
his anger was kindled. (31) And he sent 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. (32) Now therefore up by night, thou and the people
that is with thee, and lie in wait in
the field: (33) And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise
early, and set 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.
(34) And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid
wait against Shechem in four companies. (35) And Gaal
the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city:
and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were
with him, from lying in wait. (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. (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. (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. (39) And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and
fought with Abimelech. (40) And Abimelech chased him,
and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto
the entering of the gate. (41) And Abimelech dwelt at
Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell
in Shechem. (42) And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. (43) And he took the people, and divided them into
three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the
people were come forth out of the
city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. (44) And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood
in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the
people that were in the fields,
and slew them. (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. (46) And when all the men of the tower of Shechem
heard that, they entered into a hold
of the house of the el Berith. (47) And it was told
Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. (48) And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and
all the people that were with him;
and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and
took it, and laid it on his shoulder,
and said unto the people that were with
him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and
do as I have done. (49) And all the people likewise cut down every man
his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them
to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the
tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. (50) Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped
against Thebez, and took it. (51) But there was a strong
tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of
the city, and shut it to them, and
gat them up to the top of the tower. (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. (53) And a
certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to
brake his skull. (54) Then he called hastily unto the young man his
armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not
of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. (55) And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech
was dead, they departed every man unto his place. (56) Thus Elohim
rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying
his seventy brethren: (57) And all the evil of the
men of Shechem did Elohim
render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of
Jerubbaal.
(I) 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. (2) And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and
died, and was buried in Shamir. (3) And after
him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. (4) And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass
colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day,
which are in the land of Gilead. (5) And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. (6) And the Children of Israel did evil again in the
sight of YAHWEH,
and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the elohim of Syria, and the elohim of
Zidon, and the elohim of Moab, and the elohim of the children of Ammon, and the
elohim of the Philistines, and forsook YAHWEH, and served not him. (7) And the anger of YAHWEH was hot against Israel, and
he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the
children of Ammon. (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. (9) Moreover the children of Ammon passed over
Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house
of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. (10)
And the Children of Israel cried unto YAHWEH, saying, We have sinned against thee, both
because we have forsaken our Elohim, and also served Baalim. (11) And YAHWEH 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? (12)
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and
ye cried to ME, and I delivered you out of their hand. (13) Yet ye have forsaken ME, and served other elohim: wherefore I will deliver you no more. (14) Go and
cry unto the elohim which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of
your tribulation. (15) And the Children of Israel said unto YAHWEH,
We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us
only, we pray thee, this day. (16) And they put away the
strange elohim from among them, and served YAHWEH: and his soul was grieved for the misery
of Israel. (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. (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.
(I) Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and
he was the son of a harlot: and
Gilead begat Jephthah. (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. (3) Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt
in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out
with him. (4) And it came to pass in process of time, that the
children of Ammon made war against Israel. (5) And it
was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of
Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: (6) And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our
captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. (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? (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. (9) And
Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight
against the children of Ammon, and YAHWEH deliver them before me, shall I be your
head? (10) And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, YAHWEH
be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. (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 YAHWEH in Mizpeh. (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? (13) And the king of the children of Ammon answered
unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they
came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore
restore those lands again peaceably. (14) And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king
of the children of Ammon: (15) And said unto him, Thus
saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the
children of Ammon: (16) But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked
through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh; (17) Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of
Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom
would not hearken thereto. And in
like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. (18) Then they went along through the wilderness, and
compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of
the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within
the border of Moab: for Arnon was the
border of Moab. (19) And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of
the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we
pray thee, through thy land into my place. (20) But
Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his
people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (21) And YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they
smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants
of that country. (22) And they possessed all the coasts of the
Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto
Jordan. (23) So now YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and
shouldest thou possess it? (24) Wilt not thou possess
that which Chemosh thy elohim giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever YAHWEH
our Elohim
shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. (25) And now art
thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he
ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, (26) While Israel dwelt in 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? (27) Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but
thou doest me wrong to war against me: YAHWEH the Judge be judge this day between the
Children of Israel and the children of Ammon. (28)
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of
Jephthah which he sent him. (29) Then the spirit of YAHWEH
came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over
Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. (30) And
Jephthah vowed a vow unto YAHWEH, and said, If thou shalt without fail
deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, (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 YAHWEH’S,
and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. (32)
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and YAHWEH
delivered them into his hands. (33) And he smote them from
Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even
twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great
slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the Children of
Israel. (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. (35) And it came to pass, when
he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! Thou hast
brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have
opened my mouth unto YAHWEH, and I cannot go back. (36) And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto YAHWEH,
do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as YAHWEH
hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. (37) And she
said unto her father, Let this thing be 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. (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. (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, (40) that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
(I) 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. (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. (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 YAHWEH delivered them into my hand:
wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? (4) Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of
Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because
they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives
of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among
the Manassites. (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; (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. (7) And Jephthah judged Israel
six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. (8) And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. (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. (10) Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. (11) And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel;
and he judged Israel ten years. (12) And Elon
the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. (13) And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite,
judged Israel. (14) And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that
rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. (15) And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite
died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the
Amalekites.
(I) And the Children of Israel did evil again in the sight of YAHWEH;
and YAHWEH
delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. (2) And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the
family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah;
and his wife was barren, and bare
not. (3) And the angel of YAHWEH appeared unto the woman, and
said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren,
and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. (4) Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not
wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: (5) For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto Elohim from the womb: and he shall begin to
deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. (6) Then the woman came and told her husband,
saying, A man of Elohim
came unto me, and his countenance was like
the countenance of an angel of Elohim,
very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: (7)
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink
no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to Elohim
from the womb to the day of his death. (8) Then Manoah
entreated YAHWEH,
and said, O YAHWEH,
let the man of Elohim
which THOU didst send come again
unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. (9) And Elohim
hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of Elohim
came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. (10) And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed
her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that
came unto me the other day. (11) And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and
came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou
the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. (12) And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass.
How shall we order the child, and how shall
we do unto him? (13) And the angel of YAHWEH said unto Manoah, Of all
that I said unto the woman let her beware. (14) She may
not eat of any thing that cometh of
the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
(15) And Manoah said unto the angel of YAHWEH,
I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
(16) And the angel of YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of YAHWEH. (17) And Manoah said unto the angel of YAHWEH,
What is thy name, that when thy
sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? (18) And the
angel of YAHWEH
said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? (19) So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and
offered it upon a rock unto YAHWEH:
and the angel did wonderously; and
Manoah and his wife looked on. (20) For it came to pass, when
the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of YAHWEH
ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the
ground. (21) But the angel of YAHWEH did no more appear to Manoah
and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was
an angel of YAHWEH.
(22) And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely
die, because we have seen Elohim. (23) But his wife said unto him, If YAHWEH
were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat
offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have
told us such things as these. (24) And the woman bare a son, and called his name
Samson: and the child grew, and YAHWEH blessed him. (25) And the spirit of YAHWEH began to move him at times
in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
(I) And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath
of the daughters of the Philistines. (2) And he
came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in
Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to
wife. (3) Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the
daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a
wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her
for me; for she pleaseth me well. (4) But his
father and his mother knew not that it was
of YAHWEH,
that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the
Philistines had dominion over Israel. (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. (6) And the spirit of YAHWEH came mightily upon him, and
he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his
mother what he had done. (7) And he went down, and
talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. (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. (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. (10) So his father went down unto the woman: and
Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. (11) And it came to pass, when they saw him, that
they brought thirty companions to be with him. (12)
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can
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: (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) 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. (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? (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?
(17) And she wept before him the seven days, while
their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her,
because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her
people. (18) And the men of the city said unto him on the
seventh day before the sun went down, What is
sweeter than honey? And what is stronger
than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had
not found out my riddle. (19) And the spirit of YAHWEH
came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and
took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the
riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. (20) But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
(I) 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. (2) And her father said, I verily thought that thou
hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than
she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of her. (3) And
Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the
Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. (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. (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. (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. (7) And
Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you,
and after that I will cease. (8) And he smote them hip and
thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock
Etam. (9) Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in
Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. (10) And the
men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind
Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. (11) Then three thousand men of Judah went 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. (12) And they
said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the
hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will
not fall upon me yourselves. (13) And they spake unto him,
saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but
surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and
brought him up from the rock. (14) And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him:
and the spirit of YAHWEH 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) And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put
forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. (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. (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. (18) And he was sore athirst, and called on YAHWEH,
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? (19) But Elohim
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. (20) And he judged Israel in the days of the
Philistines twenty years.
(I) Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went
in unto her. (2) And it was
told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they 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. (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. (4) And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a
woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah. (5) And the tyrants 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. (6) And Delilah said to
Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. (7) And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with
seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as
another man. (8) Then the tyrants of the Philistines brought up
to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
(9) Now there
were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto
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. (10) And
Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now
tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. (11) And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with
new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another
man. (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. (13) And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast
mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he
said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. (14) And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out
of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. (15) And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I
love thee, when thine heart is not
with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein
thy great strength lieth. (16) And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily
with her words, and urged him, so that
his soul was vexed unto death; (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 Elohim from my mother's womb: if I be shaven,
then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. (18) And when Delilah saw that he had told her all
his heart, she sent and called for the tyrants of the Philistines, saying, Come
up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the tyrants of the
Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. (19) And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she
called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head;
and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. (20) 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 shake
myself. And he wist not that YAHWEH was departed from him. (21) 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. (22) Howbeit the hair of his
head began to grow again after he was shaven. (23)
Then the tyrants of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great
sacrifice unto Dagon their elohim, and to rejoice: for they said, Our elohim
hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. (24)
And when the people saw him, they praised their elohim: for they said, Our
elohim hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our
country, which slew many of us. (25) And it
came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson,
that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house;
and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. (26) And Samson said unto the lad that held him by
the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth,
that I may lean upon them. (27) Now the house was full of
men and women; and all the tyrants of the Philistines were there; and there were upon
the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made
sport. (28) And Samson called unto YAHWEH, and said, O my Sovereign YAHWEH, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen
me, I pray thee, only this once, O Elohim,
that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. (29) And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars
upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his
right hand, and of the other with his left. (30) And
Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon
the tyrants, and upon all the people that were
therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. (31) Then his brethren and all the house of his
father came down, and took him, and brought him
up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah
his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
(I) And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. (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 YAHWEH,
my son. (3) And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his
mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto YAHWEH from my hand for my son, to
make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto
thee. (4) Yet he restored the money 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. (5) And the man Micah had an house of elohim, and
made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his
priest. (6) In those days there was no king in Israel, but
every man did that which was right
in his own eyes. (7) And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah
of the family of Judah, who was a
Levite, and he sojourned there. (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. (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. (10) And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be
unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy
victuals. So the Levite went in. (11) And the
Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one
of his sons. (12) And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young
man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. (13) Then said Micah, Now know I that YAHWEH
will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my
priest.
(I) 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. (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. (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? (4) And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth
Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. (5) And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray
thee, of Elohim, that we may know
whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. (6)
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before YAHWEH is your way wherein ye go. (7) Then the
five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless,
after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far
from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. (8) And they came unto their
brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? (9)
And they said, 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. (10) When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure,
and to a large land: for Elohim
hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. (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. (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. (13) And they passed thence
unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. (14) Then answered the five men that went to spy out
the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in
these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?
Now therefore consider what ye have to do. (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. (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. (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. (18) 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? (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? (20) And the
priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
graven image, and went in the midst of the people. (21) So they turned and departed, and put the little
ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. (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. (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? (24) And he said, Ye have taken away my elohim 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? (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. (26) And the
children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and
went back unto his house. (27) And they took 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. (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. (29) And they
called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was
born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. (30) And the
children of Dan set up 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. (31) And they set them up
Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of Elohim was in Shiloh.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And her husband arose, and went after her, to
speak friendly unto her, and to bring
her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought
him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he
rejoiced to meet him. (4) And his father in law, the
damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did
eat and drink, and lodged there. (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. (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. (7) And when the man rose up to depart, his father
in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. (8) And he arose early in the morning on the fifth
day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee.
And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. (9) And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his
concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto
him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry 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. (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. (11) And when
they were by Jebus, the day was far
spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn
in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. (12) And his master said unto him, We will not turn
aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the Children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. (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. (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. (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. (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. (17) And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a
wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest
thou? And whence comest thou? (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 YAHWEH; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. (19) Yet there is both straw and provender for our
asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for
the young man which is with thy
servants: there is no want of any
thing. (20) And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all
thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not
in the street. (21) So he brought him into his house, and gave
provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. (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. (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. (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. (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. (26) Then
came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the
man's house where her sovereign was, till
it was light. (27) And her sovereign 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. (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. (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. (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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH in Mizpeh. (2)
And the chief of all the people, even of
all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of
Elohim, four hundred thousand footmen that drew
sword. (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? (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. (5) And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset
the house round about upon me by night, and
thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is
dead. (6) And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces,
and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they
have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. (7)
Behold, ye are all Children of
Israel; give here your advice and counsel. (8) And all
the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. (9) But now this
shall be the thing which we will do
to Gibeah; we will go up by lot
against it; (10) And we will take ten men of an hundred
throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a
thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may
do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they
have wrought in Israel. (11) So all the men of Israel
were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. (12) And the tribes of Israel sent men through all
the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? (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: (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. (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. (16) Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could
sling stones at an hair breadth, and
not miss. (17) And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were
numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. (18) And the Children of Israel arose, and went up to
the house of Beyth-El, and asked counsel of Elohim,
and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of
Benjamin? And YAHWEH
said, Judah shall go up first. (19) And the Children of Israel rose up in the
morning, and encamped against Gibeah. (20) And the
men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put
themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. (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. (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. (23) (And the
Children of Israel went up and wept before YAHWEH until even, and asked counsel of YAHWEH,
saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my
brother? And YAHWEH
said, Go up against him.) (24) And the Children of
Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. (25) And Benjamin went forth against them out of
Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the Children of
Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. (26) Then all the Children of Israel, and all the
people, went up, and came unto the house of Beyth-El, and wept, and sat there before YAHWEH,
and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings
before YAHWEH.
(27) And the Children of Israel inquired of YAHWEH,
(for the Ark of the Covenant of Elohim was there in those days, (28) And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to
battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And YAHWEH
said, Go up; for to morrow I will
deliver them into thine hand. (29) And Israel set liers in
wait round about Gibeah. (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. (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 Beyth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about
thirty men of Israel. (32) And the children of
Benjamin said, They are smitten down
before us, as at the first. But the Children of Israel said, Let us flee, and
draw them from the city unto the highways. (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. (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. (35) And YAHWEH 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. (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. (37) And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon
Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves
along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. (38) Now 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. (39) 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. (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. (41) And when the men of Israel turned again, the men
of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. (42) Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the
wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. (43) Thus they
enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased
them, and trode them down with ease
over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (44) And
there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour. (45) And they
turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned
of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto
Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. (46) So that
all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew
the sword; all these were men of
valour. (47) But six hundred men turned and fled to the
wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. (48) And the men of Israel turned again upon the
children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, 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.
(I) Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There
shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. (2) And the people came to the house of Beyth-El, and
abode there till even before Elohim,
and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; (3) And said,
O YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, why is this come to pass
in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? (4) And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and
peace offerings. (5) And the Children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel
that came not up with the congregation unto YAHWEH? For they had made a great
oath concerning him that came not up to YAHWEH to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put
to death. (6) And the Children of Israel repented them for
Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this
day. (7) How shall we do for wives for them that remain,
seeing we have sworn by YAHWEH that we will not give them of our
daughters to wives? (8) And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to YAHWEH?
And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. (9) For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of
Jabeshgilead there. (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. (11) And this is
the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every
woman that hath lain by man. (12) And they found among the inhabitants
of 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. (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. (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. (15) And the people repented them for Benjamin,
because that YAHWEH
had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. (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? (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. (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. (19) Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of YAHWEH 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. (20) Therefore they commanded the children of
Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; (21) And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh
come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you
every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. (22) And it shall be, when their fathers or their
brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable
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. (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. (24) And the Children of Israel departed thence at
that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from
thence every man to his inheritance. (25) In those
days there was no king in Israel:
every man did that which was right in
his own eyes.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And
Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. (4) And they took them wives of the women of Moab;
the name of the one was Orpah, and
the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. (5) And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them;
and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. (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 YAHWEH
had visited his people in giving them bread. (7)
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters
in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. (8) And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law,
Go, return each to her mother's house: YAHWEH deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt
with the dead, and with me. (9) YAHWEH grant you that ye may find
rest, each of you in the house of her
husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. (10) And they said unto her, Surely we will return
with thee unto thy people. (11) And Naomi said, Turn
again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet any more sons
in my womb, that they may be your husbands? (12) Turn
again, my daughters, go your way; for
I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to
night, and should also bear sons; (13) Would ye
tarry for them till they were grown? Would ye stay for them from having
husbands? Nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the
hand of YAHWEH
is gone out against me. (14) And they lifted up their
voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto
her. (15) And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone
back unto her people, and unto her elohim: return thou after thy sister in law.
(16) And Ruth said, Entreat 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 Elohim
my Elohim:
(17) Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I
be buried: YAHWEH
do so to me, and more also, if ought but
death part thee and me. (18) When she saw that she was
stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. (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? (20) And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call
me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt
very bitterly with me. (21) I went out full, and YAHWEH
hath brought me home again empty: why then
call ye me Naomi, seeing YAHWEH hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? (22) So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her
daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they
came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
(I) And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of
wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. (2) And Ruth the Moabitess
said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. (3) And she
went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to
light on a part of the field belonging unto
Boaz, who was of the kindred of
Elimelech. (4) And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said
unto the reapers, YAHWEH be with
you. And they answered him, YAHWEH bless thee. (5)
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? (6)
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back
with Naomi out of the country of Moab: (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. (8) Then said Boaz unto Ruth,
Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go
from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: (9) Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I
not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? And when thou art
athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that
which the young men have drawn. (10) Then she
fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have
I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I
am a stranger? (11) And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath
fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the
death of thine husband: and how thou
hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come
unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. (12) YAHWEH
recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (13) Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight,
my sovereign; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken
friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine
handmaidens. (14) And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou
hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy 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. (15) And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz
commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and
reproach her not: (16) And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. (17) So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat
out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. (18) And she took it
up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned:
and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was
sufficed. (19) And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast
thou gleaned to day? And where wroughtest thou? Blessed be he that did take
knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought,
and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. (20) And Naomi said unto her
daughter in law, Blessed be he of YAHWEH,
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. (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. (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. (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.
(I) Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter,
shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? (2) And now is
not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth
barley to night in the threshingfloor. (3) Wash thy
self 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. (4) And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou
shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his
feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. (5) And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto
me I will do. (6) And she went down unto the floor, and did
according to all that her mother in law bade her. (7) And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart
was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came
softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. (8) And it came to pass at midnight, that the man
was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. (9) And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am
Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for
thou art a near kinsman. (10) And he said, Blessed be thou of YAHWEH, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the
beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. (11) And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to
thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou
art a virtuous woman. (12) And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. (13) Tarry this night, and it shall be in the
morning, that if he will perform unto
thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will
not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to
thee, as YAHWEH liveth: lie down until the
morning. (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. (15) Also he
said, Bring the veil that thou hast upon
thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it
on her: and she went into the city. (16) And when
she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done
to her. (17) And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto
thy mother in law. (18) Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until
thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he
have finished the thing this day.
(I) 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. (2) And he took ten men of the elders of the city,
and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. (3)
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of
Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was
our brother Elimelech's: (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. (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. (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. (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 neighbour: and this was a
testimony in Israel. (8) Therefore the kinsman said
unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he
drew off his shoe. (9) And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have
bought all that was Elimelech's, and
all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's,
of the hand of Naomi. (10) Moreover Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the
name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off
from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. (11) And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. YAHWEH 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: (12) And let thy house be like the house of Pharez,
whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which YAHWEH shall give thee of this
young woman. (13) So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and
when he went in unto her, YAHWEH gave her conception, and she bare a son. (14) And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be YAHWEH, which hath not left thee this day without
a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. (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 borne him. (16) And Naomi took the child,
and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. (17) And the women her neighbours gave it a name,
saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of
David. (18) Now these are
the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, (19) And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, (20) And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat
Salmon, (21) And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, (22) And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
(I) 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: (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. (3) And this man went up out of his city yearly to
worship and to sacrifice unto YAHWEH of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of YAHWEH, were
there. (4) And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he
gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: (5) But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he
loved Hannah: but YAHWEH had shut up her womb. (6) And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to
make her fret, because YAHWEH had shut up her womb. (7) And as he
did so year by year, when she went up to the house of YAHWEH, so she provoked her;
therefore she wept, and did not eat. (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? (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 YAHWEH. (10) And she was
in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto YAHWEH, and wept sore. (11) And she vowed a vow, and said, O YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH all the days of his life, and there shall
no razor come upon his head. (12) And it came to pass, as
she continued praying before YAHWEH, that Eli marked her mouth. (13) Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her
lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been
drunken. (14) And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be
drunken? Put away thy wine from thee. (15) And
Hannah answered and said, No, my sovereign, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor
strong drink, but have poured out my soul before YAHWEH. (16) Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of
Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken
hitherto. (17) Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the
Elohim
of Israel grant thee thy petition
that thou hast asked of him. (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. (19) And they rose up in the morning early, and
worshipped before YAHWEH, and returned, and came to their house to
Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and YAHWEH remembered her. (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 YAHWEH.
(21) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up
to offer unto YAHWEH
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. (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 YAHWEH,
and there abide for ever. (23) And Elkanah her husband
said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him;
only YAHWEH
establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned
him. (24) And when she had weaned him, she took him up
with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine,
and brought him unto the house of YAHWEH in Shiloh: and the child was young. (25) And they slew a bullock, and brought the child
to Eli. (26) And she said, Oh my sovereign, as thy soul liveth, my sovereign, I am the woman that stood by thee here,
praying unto YAHWEH.
(27) For this child I prayed; and YAHWEH
hath given me my petition which I asked of him: (28)
Therefore also I have lent him to YAHWEH; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to YAHWEH.
And he worshipped YAHWEH there.
(I) And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in YAHWEH,
mine horn is exalted in YAHWEH: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;
because I rejoice in thy salvation. (2) There is none holy as YAHWEH:
for there is none beside THEE: neither is there any Rock like
our Elohim.
(3) Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:
for YAHWEH
is an El of knowledge, and by HIM actions are weighed. (4) The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (5) They that
were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven;
and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (6) YAHWEH
killeth, and maketh alive: HE
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (7) YAHWEH
maketh poor, and maketh rich: HE
bringeth low, and lifteth up. (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 YAHWEH’S,
and HE hath set the world upon them.
(9) HE
will keep the feet of HIS saints,
and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man
prevail. (10) The adversaries of YAHWEH shall be broken to pieces;
out of heaven shall he thunder upon
them: YAHWEH
shall judge the ends of the earth; and HE
shall give strength unto HIS king,
and exalt the horn of HIS anointed. (11) And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the
child did minister unto YAHWEH before Eli the priest. (12) Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not YAHWEH. (13) And the priests' 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; (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. (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. (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. (17) Wherefore the sin of the young men was very
great before YAHWEH:
for men abhorred the offering of YAHWEH. (18) But
Samuel ministered before YAHWEH, being
a child, girded with a linen ephod. (19) Moreover
his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to
offer the yearly sacrifice. (20) And Eli blessed Elkanah
and his wife, and said, YAHWEH give thee seed of this woman for the loan
which is lent to YAHWEH. And they went unto their own home. (21) And YAHWEH visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and
bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before YAHWEH.
(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. (23) And he said unto them, Why do ye such things?
For I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. (24) Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make YAHWEH’S people to transgress. (25) If one man sin against another, the judge shall
judge him: but if a man sin against YAHWEH, who shall entreat for him?
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because YAHWEH
would slay them. (26) And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour
both with YAHWEH,
and also with men. (27) And there came a man of Elohim
unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH, Did I
plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in
Pharaoh's house? (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? (29) Wherefore kick ye at MY sacrifice and at MINE
offering, which I have commanded in MY
habitation; and honourest thy sons above ME, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings
of Israel MY people? (30) Wherefore YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy
father, should walk before ME for
ever: but now YAHWEH
saith, Be it far from ME; for them
that honour ME I will honour, and they that despise ME shall be lightly esteemed. (31) Behold,
the days come, that I will cut off
thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old
man in thine house. (32) And thou shalt see an enemy in MY habitation, in all
the wealth which YAHWEH shall give Israel: and there shall not
be an old man in thine house for ever. (33) And the
man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from MINE altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all
the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. (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. (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. (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.
(I) And the child Samuel ministered unto YAHWEH before Eli. And The Word of YAHWEH
was precious in those days; there was no
open vision. (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) And ere the lamp of Elohim
went out in the temple of YAHWEH, where the ark of Elohim
was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; (4)
That YAHWEH
called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
(5) And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said,
I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. (6) And YAHWEH 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. (7) Now Samuel did not yet know YAHWEH, neither was The Word of YAHWEH
yet revealed unto him. (8) And YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH
had called the child. (9) Therefore Eli said unto
Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say,
Speak, YAHWEH;
for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. (10) And YAHWEH came, and stood, and called as at other
times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. (11) And YAHWEH said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which
both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. (12) In that day I
will perform against Eli all things which
I have spoken concerning his house:
when I begin, I will also make an end. (13) For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained
them not. (14) And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's
house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. (15) And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the
doors of the house of YAHWEH. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
(16) Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my
son. And he answered, Here am I. (17) And he said, What is the thing that YAHWEH hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: Elohim
do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any
thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. (18) And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing
from him. And he said, It is YAHWEH:
let him do what seemeth him good. (19) And
Samuel grew, and YAHWEH was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the
ground. (20) And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew
that Samuel was established to be a prophet of YAHWEH. (21) And YAHWEH appeared again in Shiloh: for YAHWEH
revealed HIMSELF to Samuel in Shiloh
by The Word of YAHWEH.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And when the people were come into the camp, the
elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath YAHWEH smitten us to day before the Philistines?
Let us fetch the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it
cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. (4) So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might
bring from thence the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH 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 Elohim. (5) And when the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH
came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth
rang again. (6) And when the Philistines heard the noise of the
shout, they said, What meaneth the
noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that
the ark of YAHWEH
was come into the camp. (7) And the Philistines were
afraid, for they said, Elohim is
come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! For there hath not been such a
thing heretofore. (8) Woe unto us! Who shall deliver us out of the
hand of these mighty Elohim? These are
the Elohim
that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. (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. (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. (11) And the ark of Elohim
was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. (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. (13) And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the
wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of Elohim.
And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. (14) And when
Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and
told Eli. (15) Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his
eyes were dim, that he could not see. (16) And the
man said unto Eli, I am he that came
out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there
done, my son? (17) And the messenger 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 Elohim is taken. (18) And it came to pass, when he made mention of the
ark of Elohim, 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. (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 Elohim
was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed
herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. (20) And about the time of her death the women that
stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she
answered not, neither did she regard it.
(21) And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The
glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of Elohim
was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. (22) And she said, The glory is departed from Israel:
for the ark of Elohim is
taken.
(I) And the Philistines took the ark of Elohim,
and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. (2) When the
Philistines took the ark of Elohim,
they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. (3) And when they of Ashdod arose early on the
morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon
his face to the earth before the ark of YAHWEH. And they took Dagon, and set him in his
place again. (4) And when they arose early on the morrow morning,
behold, Dagon was fallen upon his
face to the ground before the ark of YAHWEH; 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) 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. (6) But the hand of YAHWEH was heavy upon them of
Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. (7) And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the Elohim
of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon
our elohim. (8) They sent therefore and gathered all the tyrants
of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the Elohim
of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the Elohim of Israel be carried about
unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the Elohim of Israel about thither. (9) And it was so, that, after they had carried it about,
the hand of YAHWEH
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. (10) Therefore they sent the ark of Elohim to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark
of Elohim came to Ekron, that the
Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the Elohim
of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. (11) So they
sent and gathered together all the tyrants
of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the Elohim 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 Elohim
was very heavy there. (12) And the men that died not
were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
(I) And the ark of YAHWEH was in the country of the Philistines
seven months. (2) And the Philistines called for the priests and
the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of YAHWEH? Tell us wherewith we shall
send it to his place. (3) And they said, If ye send
away the ark of the Elohim 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. (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 tyrants of the Philistines:
for one plague was on you all, and on
your tyrants. (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 Elohim
of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off
your elohim, and from off your land. (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? (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: (8) And take the ark of YAHWEH, 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. (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. (10) And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and
tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: (11) And they laid the ark of YAHWEH upon the cart, and the
coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. (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 tyrants of the Philistines went after them unto the border of
Bethshemesh. (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. (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 YAHWEH. (15) And the
Levites took down the ark of YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH. (16) And when
the five tyrants of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. (17) And these are
the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto YAHWEH; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; (18) And the
golden mice, according to the number
of all the cities of the Philistines belonging
to the five tyrants, both of
fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the
ark of YAHWEH:
which stone remaineth unto this day
in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. (19) And he
smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of YAHWEH,
even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the
people lamented, because YAHWEH had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. (20) And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to
stand before this holy YAHWEH Elohim?
And to whom shall he go up from us? (21) And they
sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines
have brought again the ark of YAHWEH; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
(I) And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of
YAHWEH,
and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar
his son to keep the ark of YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH.
(3) And Samuel spake unto all the House of Israel,
saying, If ye do return unto YAHWEH with all your hearts, then put away the strange elohim and Ashtaroth from among you, and
prepare your hearts unto YAHWEH, and serve him only: and he will deliver
you out of the hand of the Philistines. (4) Then the
Children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served YAHWEH
only. (5) And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh,
and I will pray for you unto YAHWEH. (6) And they
gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before YAHWEH, and fasted on that day, and said there,
We have sinned against YAHWEH. And Samuel judged the Children of Israel
in Mizpeh. (7) And when the Philistines heard that the Children
of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the tyrants of the Philistines went
up against Israel. And when the Children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. (8) And the Children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease
not to cry unto YAHWEH
our Elohim
for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. (9) And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto YAHWEH:
and Samuel cried unto YAHWEH for Israel; and YAHWEH heard him. (10) And as Samuel was offering up the burnt
offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but YAHWEH
thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and
discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. (11) And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and
pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. (12) Then
Samuel took a stone, and set it between
Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath YAHWEH
helped us. (13) So the Philistines were subdued, and they came
no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of YAHWEH was against the Philistines
all the days of Samuel. (14) And the cities which the
Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto
Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. (15) And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his
life. (16) And he went from year to year in circuit to
Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. (17) And his return was to Ramah; for there was his
house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto YAHWEH.
(I) And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his
sons judges over Israel. (2) Now the name of his
firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. (3) And his
sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and
perverted judgment. (4) Then all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, (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.
(6) But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said,
Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto YAHWEH. (7) And YAHWEH 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) 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 elohim, so do they
also unto thee. (9) Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit
yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall
reign over them. (10) And Samuel told all the words of YAHWEH
unto the people that asked of him a king. (11) And he
said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will
take your sons, and appoint them for
himself, for his chariots, and to be his
horsemen; and some shall run before
his chariots. (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. (13) And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (14) And he will take your
fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and
give them to his servants. (15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of
your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (16) And he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (17) He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye
shall be his servants. (18) And ye shall cry out in
that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and YAHWEH
will not hear you in that day. (19) Nevertheless the people
refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a
king over us; (20) That we also may be like all the nations; and
that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. (21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people,
and he rehearsed them in the ears of YAHWEH. (22) And YAHWEH
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.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. (4) And he passed through 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. (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. (6) And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of Elohim, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go. (7) Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of Elohim: what have we? (8) And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of Elohim, to tell us our way. (9) (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of Elohim, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) (10) Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of Elohim was. (11) And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? (12) And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: (13) As soon as ye be come 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. (14) And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. (15) Now YAHWEH had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, (16) To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to 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. (17) And when Samuel saw Saul, YAHWEH said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! This same shall reign over MY people. (18) Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. (19) And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. (20) And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? (21) And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore then speakest thou so to me? (22) And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. (23) And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. (24) And the cook took up the 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. (25) And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. (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. (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 show thee the word of Elohim.
(I) Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and
said, Is it not because YAHWEH
hath anointed thee to be captain over
his inheritance? (2) When thou art departed from me to day, then thou
shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah;
and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found:
and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you,
saying, What shall I do for my son? (3) Then
shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of
Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to Elohim
to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread,
and another carrying a bottle of wine: (4) And they
will salute thee, and give thee two loaves
of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. (5) After that thou shalt come to the hill of Elohim, 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: (6) And the
spirit of YAHWEH
will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned
into another man. (7) And let it be, when these signs are come unto
thee, that thou do as occasion serve
thee; for Elohim is with thee. (8) And thou shalt go down
before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt
offerings, and to sacrifice
sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to
thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. (9) And it
was so, that when he had turned his
back to go from Samuel, Elohim
gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. (10) And when they came thither to the hill, behold,
a company of prophets met him; and the spirit of Elohim
came upon him, and he prophesied among them. (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? (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? (13) And when he had made an end of prophesying, he
came to the high place. (14) And Saul's uncle said
unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses:
and when we saw that they were no
where, we came to Samuel. (15) And Saul's uncle said,
Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. (16)
And Saul said 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. (17) And Samuel called the people together unto YAHWEH
to Mizpeh; (18) And said unto the Children of Israel, Thus saith
YAHWEH Elohim 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: (19) And ye
have this day rejected your Elohim, 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 YAHWEH by your tribes, and by your thousands. (20) And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of
Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. (21) When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come
near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish
was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. (22) Therefore they inquired of YAHWEH further, if the man should
yet come thither. And YAHWEH answered, Behold, he hath hid himself
among the stuff. (23) And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he
stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders
and upward. (24) And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him
whom YAHWEH
hath chosen, that there is none like
him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, YAHWEH save the king. (25) Then Samuel told the people the manner of the
kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and
laid it up before YAHWEH.
And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. (26) And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there
went with him a band of men, whose hearts Elohim
had touched. (27) But the children of Belial said, How shall this
man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held
his peace.
(I) 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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (6) And the spirit of Elohim
came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. (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 YAHWEH
fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. (8) And when he numbered them in Bezek, the Children
of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (9) And they said unto the messengers that came,
Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have
help. And the messengers came and showed it
to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. (10)
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye
shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. (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. (12) And the people said unto
Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall
Saul reign over us? Bring the men, that we may put them to death. (13) And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to
death this day: for to day YAHWEH hath wrought salvation in Israel. (14) Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us
go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. (15) And all
the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before YAHWEH
in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before YAHWEH;
and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
(I) And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened
unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. (2) And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and
I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto
this day. (3) Behold, here I am: witness against me before YAHWEH, 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. (4) And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor
oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. (5) And he said unto them, YAHWEH is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And
they answered, He is witness. (6) And Samuel said unto the people, It is YAHWEH that advanced Moses and Aaron,
and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. (7) Now therefore stand still, that I may reason
with you before YAHWEH
of all the righteous acts of YAHWEH, which he did to you and to your fathers. (8) When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers
cried unto YAHWEH,
then YAHWEH
sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made
them dwell in this place. (9) And when they forgat YAHWEH
their Elohim,
he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into
the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they
fought against them. (10) And they cried unto YAHWEH,
and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken YAHWEH, and have served Baalim and
Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve
thee. (11) And YAHWEH 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) 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 YAHWEH your Elohim was your
king. (13) Now therefore behold the king whom ye have
chosen, and whom ye have desired!
And, behold, YAHWEH
hath set a king over you. (14) If ye will fear YAHWEH,
and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of YAHWEH,
then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following YAHWEH
your Elohim:
(15) But if ye will not obey the voice of YAHWEH,
but rebel against the commandment of YAHWEH, then shall the hand of YAHWEH
be against you, as it was against
your fathers. (16) Now therefore stand and see this great thing,
which YAHWEH
will do before your eyes. (17) Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH, in asking you a king. (18) So Samuel called unto YAHWEH; and YAHWEH sent thunder and rain that
day: and all the people greatly feared YAHWEH and Samuel. (19)
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto YAHWEH thy Elohim,
that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. (20) And
Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet
turn not aside from following YAHWEH, but serve YAHWEH with all your heart; (21) And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things,
which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (22) For YAHWEH will not forsake his people
for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased YAHWEH to make you his people. (23) Moreover as for me, YAHWEH
forbid that I should sin against YAHWEH in ceasing to pray for you: but I will
teach you the good and the right way: (24) Only
fear YAHWEH,
and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you. (25) But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be
consumed, both ye and your king.
(I) Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years
over Israel, (2) Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in 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. (3) And
Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying,
Let the Hebrews hear. (4) And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten 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. (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. (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. (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. (8) And he tarried seven days, according to the set
time that Samuel had appointed: but
Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. (9) And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to
me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. (10) And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made
an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out
to meet him, that he might salute him. (11) And
Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people
were scattered from me, and that thou
camest not within the days appointed, and that
the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; (12) Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down
now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto YAHWEH:
I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. (13) And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done
foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of YAHWEH thy Elohim, which he commanded
thee: for now would YAHWEH have established thy kingdom upon Israel
for ever. (14) But now thy kingdom shall not continue: YAHWEH
hath sought him a man after his own heart, and YAHWEH hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because
thou hast not kept that which YAHWEH
commanded thee. (15) And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal
unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. (16) And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in
Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. (17) And the spoilers came out of the camp of the
Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of
Shual: (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. (19)
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the
Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them
swords or spears: (20) But all the Israelites
went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter,
and his ax, and his mattock. (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. (22) So it came to pass in the day of battle, that
there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with
Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. (23)
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
(I) Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of
Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to
the Philistines' garrison, that is on
the other side. But he told not his father. (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; (3) And
Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of
Eli, YAHWEH’S
priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was
gone. (4) And between the passages, by which Jonathan
sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the
other side: and the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh. (5) The
forefront of the one was situate
northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. (6) And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his
armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it
may be that YAHWEH
will work for us: for there is no
restraint to YAHWEH
to save by many or by few. (7) And his armourbearer said
unto him, Do all that is in thine
heart: turn thee; behold, I am with
thee according to thy heart. (8) Then said Jonathan,
Behold, we will pass over unto these men,
and we will discover ourselves unto them. (9) If they
say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our
place, and will not go up unto them. (10) But if
they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for YAHWEH hath delivered them into our
hand: and this shall be a sign unto
us. (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. (12) And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan
and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.
And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for YAHWEH
hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. (13)
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer
after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. (14) And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his
armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were a half acre of land,
which a yoke of oxen might plow. (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. (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. (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
armourbearer were not there. (18)
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of Elohim.
For the ark of Elohim
was at that time with the Children of Israel. (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. (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. (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. (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. (23) So YAHWEH saved Israel that day: and the battle
passed over unto Bethaven. (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. (25) And all they of the land came to a wood; and
there was honey upon the ground. (26) And when
the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put
his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. (27) But Jonathan heard not when his father charged
the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an
honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. (28) Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy
father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were
faint. (29) Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the
land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a
little of this honey. (30) How much more, if haply
the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they
found? For had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the
Philistines? (31) And they smote the Philistines that day from
Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. (32) And the people flew upon the spoil, and took
sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them
on the ground: and the people did eat them
with the blood. (33) Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people
sin against YAHWEH,
in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a
great stone unto me this day. (34) And Saul said, Disperse
yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his
ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them
here, and eat; and sin not against YAHWEH in eating with the blood. And all the
people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. (35) And Saul built an altar unto YAHWEH:
the same was the first altar that he built unto YAHWEH. (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 Elohim.
(37) And Saul asked counsel of Elohim,
Shall I go down after the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into the hand of
Israel? But he answered him not that day. (38) And Saul
said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see
wherein this sin hath been this day. (39) For, as YAHWEH liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be
in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. (40) Then said he unto all
Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.
And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. (41) Therefore Saul said unto YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And
Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. (42) And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. (43) Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou
hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with
the end of the rod that was in mine
hand, and, lo, I must die. (44) And Saul answered, Elohim
do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. (45) And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan
die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? YAHWEH
forbid: as YAHWEH liveth, there shall not one
hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with Elohim this day. So the people rescued Jonathan,
that he died not. (46) Then Saul went up from following the
Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. (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. (48) And he gathered a host, and smote the
Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (49) Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui,
and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the
younger Michal: (50) And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain
of his host was Abner, the son of
Ner, Saul's uncle. (51) And Kish was
the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. (52) And
there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul
saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
(I) Samuel also said unto Saul, YAHWEH sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel:
now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of YAHWEH. (2) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. (3) 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. (4) And Saul
gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand
footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. (5) And Saul
came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. (6) And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get
you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed
kindness to all the Children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the
Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. (7) And Saul
smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou
comest to Shur, that is over against
Egypt. (8) And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites
alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (9) But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the
best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the 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. (10) Then
came The Word of YAHWEH unto Samuel, saying, (11)
It repenteth ME that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following ME, and hath not performed MY Commandments. And it grieved Samuel;
and he cried unto YAHWEH all night. (12)
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel,
saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone
about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. (13)
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of YAHWEH: I have performed the commandment of YAHWEH.
(14) And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the
lowing of the oxen which I hear? (15) And Saul
said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the
best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto YAHWEH thy Elohim; and the rest we have
utterly destroyed. (16) Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will
tell thee what YAHWEH
hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. (17) And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast
thou not made the head of the
tribes of Israel, and YAHWEH anointed thee king over Israel? (18) And YAHWEH sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and
utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they
be consumed. (19) Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of YAHWEH,
but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of YAHWEH?
(20) And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the
voice of YAHWEH,
and have gone the way which YAHWEH sent me, and have brought Agag the king of
Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. (21) But the people took of the spoil, sheep and
oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to
sacrifice unto YAHWEH
thy Elohim
in Gilgal. (22) And Samuel said, Hath YAHWEH as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of YAHWEH?
Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the
fat of rams. (23) For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected The Word of YAHWEH,
he hath also rejected thee from being king.
(24) And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I
have transgressed the commandment of YAHWEH, and thy words: because I feared the
people, and obeyed their voice. (25) Now
therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may
worship YAHWEH.
(26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return
with thee: for thou hast rejected The
Word of YAHWEH, and YAHWEH hath rejected thee from
being king over Israel. (27) And as Samuel turned
about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. (28) And Samuel said unto him, YAHWEH hath rent the kingdom of
Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. (29) And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor
repent: for he is not a man, that he
should repent. (30) Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may
worship YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
(31) So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul
worshipped YAHWEH.
(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. (33) And
Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be
childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before YAHWEH
in Gilgal. (34) Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to
his house to Gibeah of Saul. (35) And Samuel came no more
to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul:
and YAHWEH
repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
(I) And YAHWEH 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. (2) And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he will kill me. And YAHWEH
said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to YAHWEH.
(3) And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do:
and thou shalt anoint unto ME him whom I name unto thee. (4) And Samuel did that which YAHWEH
spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his
coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? (5) And he
said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto YAHWEH: sanctify yourselves, and
come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called
them to the sacrifice. (6) And it came to pass, when
they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely YAHWEH’S anointed is before him. (7) But YAHWEH said unto Samuel, Look not on his
countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for YAHWEH seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh
on the outward appearance, but YAHWEH looketh on the heart. (8) Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass
before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath YAHWEH chosen this. (9) Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said,
Neither hath YAHWEH
chosen this. (10) Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass
before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, YAHWEH hath not chosen these. (11) And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There
remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said
unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. (12) And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And YAHWEH
said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
(13) Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed
him in the midst of his brethren: and the spirit of YAHWEH came upon David from that
day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (14) But the spirit of YAHWEH departed from Saul, and an
evil spirit from YAHWEH troubled him. (15) And
Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from Elohim troubleth thee. (16) Let our sovereign 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 Elohim
is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. (17) And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now
a man that can play well, and bring him to
me. (18) Then answered one of the 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 YAHWEH is with him. (19) Wherefore Saul sent
messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. (20) And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. (21) And David came to Saul, and stood before him:
and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. (22) And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I
pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. (23) And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from Elohim
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.
(I) 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. (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. (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. (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. (5) And he had a helmet of brass upon his head,
and he was armed with a coat of mail;
and the weight of the coat was five
thousand shekels of brass. (6) And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders. (7) And the staff of his spear
was like a weaver's beam; and his
spear's head weighed six hundred
shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. (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. (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. (10) And the
Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we
may fight together. (11) When Saul and all Israel heard those words of
the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. (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. (13) And the three eldest sons
of Jesse went and followed Saul to
the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto
him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (14) And
David was the youngest: and the three
eldest followed Saul. (15) But David went and
returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. (16) And the Philistine drew near morning and
evening, and presented himself forty days. (17) And
Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this
parched corn, and these ten loaves,
and run to the camp to thy brethren; (18) And
carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. (19) Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of ELAH,
fighting with the Philistines. (20) And David rose up early
in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse
had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to
the fight, and shouted for the battle. (21) For
Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. (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. (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. (24)
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore
afraid. (25) And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this
man that is come up? Surely to 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. (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 Elohim? (27) And the
people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man
that killeth him. (28) And Eliab his eldest brother 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. (29)
And David said, What have I now done? Is
there not a cause? (30) And he turned from him
toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him
again after the former manner. (31) And when the words were
heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul: and he sent for him. (32) And
David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go
and fight with this Philistine. (33) And Saul
said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with
him: for thou art but a youth, and he
a man of war from his youth. (34) And David said unto Saul,
Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took
a lamb out of the flock: (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. (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 Elohim. (37) David
said moreover, YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
be with thee. (38) And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put
a helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. (39) And David girded his sword upon his armour, and
he assayed to go; for he had not proved it.
And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. (40) And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him
five smooth stones out of the 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. (41)
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the
shield went before him. (42) And when the Philistine looked about, and saw
David, he disdained him: for he was but a
youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. (43)
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I
a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by
his elohim. (44) And the Philistine said to David, Come to me,
and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the
field. (45) Then said 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 YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. (46)
This day will YAHWEH
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 an Elohim in Israel. (47)
And all this assembly shall know that YAHWEH saveth not with sword and spear: for the
battle is YAHWEH’S, and he will give you into
our hands. (48) And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose,
and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the
army to meet the Philistine. (49) And David put his hand in
his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it,
and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. (50) So David prevailed over the Philistine with a
sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
(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. (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. (53) And the Children of Israel returned from chasing
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. (54) And David took the head of the Philistine, and
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. (55) And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine,
he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot
tell. (56) And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the
stripling is. (57) And as David returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the
Philistine in his hand. (58) And Saul said to him,
Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the
Bethlehemite.
(I) 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. (2) And Saul
took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. (3) Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because
he loved him as his own soul. (4) And Jonathan stripped
himself of the robe that was upon
him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow,
and to his girdle. (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. (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 of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of
music. (7) And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his
thousands, and David his ten thousands. (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? (9) And Saul eyed David from
that day and forward. (10) And it came to pass on
the morrow, that the evil spirit from Elohim
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played
with his hand, as at other times: and there
was a javelin in Saul's hand. (11) And Saul
cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his
presence twice. (12) And Saul was afraid of David, because YAHWEH
was with him, and was departed from Saul. (13)
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand;
and he went out and came in before the people. (14)
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and YAHWEH was with him. (15) Wherefore when Saul saw
that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. (16) But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he
went out and came in before them. (17) And Saul
said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife:
only be thou valiant for me, and fight YAHWEH’S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine
hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. (18) And David said unto Saul, Who am I? And what is my life, or my
father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? (19) But it came to pass at the time when Merab
Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel
the Meholathite to wife. (20) And Michal Saul's
daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. (21) And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may
be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. (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. (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? (24) And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On
this manner spake David. (25) And Saul said, Thus shall
ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of
the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make
David fall by the hand of the Philistines. (26) And when
his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son
in law: and the days were not expired. (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. (28) And Saul saw and knew
that YAHWEH
was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. (29) And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and
Saul became David's enemy continually. (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.
(I) And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants,
that they should kill David. (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: (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. (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: (5) For he did put his life in his hand, and slew
the Philistine, and YAHWEH 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? (6) And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan:
and Saul sware, As YAHWEH
liveth, he shall not be slain. (7) And Jonathan called David,
and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul,
and he was in his presence, as in times past. (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. (9) And the evil spirit from YAHWEH was upon Saul, as he sat in
his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. (10)
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he
slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall:
and David fled, and escaped that night. (11) Saul
also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the
morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to
night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. (12) So
Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. (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. (14) And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she
said, He is sick. (15) And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up
to me in the bed, that I may slay him. (16) And when
the messengers were come in, behold, there
was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. (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? (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) And it was told Saul,
saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in
Ramah. (20) And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when
they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the spirit of Elohim was upon the messengers of Saul, and they
also prophesied. (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. (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. (23) And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the
spirit of Elohim was upon him also, and
he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. (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?
(I) 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? (2) And he
said unto him, YAHWEH forbid; thou shalt not
die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will
show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so. (3) And David sware 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 YAHWEH
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
(4) Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy
soul desireth, I will even do it for
thee. (5) And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail
to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the
field unto the third day at even. (6) If thy father 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. (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. (8) Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy
servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of YAHWEH
with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for
why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? (9) And
Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were
determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? (10) Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me?
Or what if thy father answer thee
roughly? (11) And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us
go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. (12) And Jonathan said unto David, O YAHWEH Elohim 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 show it thee; (13) YAHWEH
do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it
thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and YAHWEH
be with thee, as he hath been with my father. (14)
And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of YAHWEH,
that I die not: (15) But also thou
shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when YAHWEH
hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. (16) So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let YAHWEH even require it at the hand of David's enemies. (17)
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved
him as he loved his own soul. (18) Then Jonathan said to
David, To morrow is the new moon: and
thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. (19) And when thou
hast stayed three days, then thou
shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when
the business was in hand, and shalt
remain by the stone Ezel. (20) And I will shoot three
arrows on the side thereof, as though
I shot at a mark. (21) And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I
expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as YAHWEH liveth. (22)
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for YAHWEH hath sent thee away. (23) And as
touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, YAHWEH be between thee and me for ever. (24) So David hid himself in the field: and when the
new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. (25) And the king sat upon his seat, as at other
times, even upon a seat by the wall:
and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. (26) Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day:
for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not
clean. (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? (28)
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to
Bethlehem: (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
favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.
Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. (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? (31)
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be
established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he
shall surely die. (32) And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said
unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? What hath he done? (33) And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him:
whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. (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. (35)
And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at
the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. (36) And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the
arrows which I shoot. And as the lad
ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. (37) And when
the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan
cried after the lad, and said, Is not
the arrow beyond thee? (38) And Jonathan cried after
the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the
arrows, and came to his master. (39) But the
lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. (40) And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad,
and said unto him, Go, carry them to
the city. (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. (42) And Jonathan said to
David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of YAHWEH,
saying, YAHWEH
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.
(I) Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech
was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? (2) And David said unto 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. (3) Now therefore what is
under thine hand? Give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what
there is present. (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. (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. (6) So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but
the showbread, that was taken from before YAHWEH, to put hot bread in the day when it was
taken away. (7) Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before YAHWEH;
and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,
the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged
to Saul. (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. (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. (10) And David arose, and fled that day for fear of
Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. (11) And the
servants of Achish said unto him, Is not
this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in
dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? (12) And David laid up these words in his heart, and
was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. (13) And he
changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and
scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his
beard. (14) Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see
the man is mad: wherefore then have
ye brought him to me? (15) Have I need of mad men,
that ye have brought this fellow to
play the mad man in my presence? Shall this fellow
come into my house?
(I) 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. (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. (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 Elohim will do for me. (4) And he brought them before the king of Moab: and
they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. (5) And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not
in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed,
and came into the forest of Hareth. (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;) (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 and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; (8) That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth 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 showeth unto me that
my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? (9) Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set
over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to
Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (10) And he inquired of YAHWEH
for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the
Philistine. (11) Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest,
the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them
to the king. (12) And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And
he answered, Here I am, my sovereign.
(13) And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired
against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a
sword, and hast inquired of Elohim
for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? (14) Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And
who is so faithful among all thy
servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding,
and is honourable in thine house? (15) Did I
then begin to inquire of Elohim
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. (16) And the king said, Thou shalt surely die,
Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. (17)
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the
priests of YAHWEH;
because their hand also is with
David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the
servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of
YAHWEH.
(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. (19) And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with
the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen,
and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. (20) And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. (21) And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain YAHWEH’S
priests. (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. (23) Abide
thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with
me thou shalt be in safeguard.
(I) Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight
against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. (2) Therefore David inquired of YAHWEH, saying, Shall I go and
smite these Philistines? And YAHWEH said unto David, Go, and smite the
Philistines, and save Keilah. (3) And David's men said unto
him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to
Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? (4)
Then David inquired of YAHWEH yet again. And YAHWEH answered him and said,
Arise, go down to Keilah: for I will
deliver the Philistines into thine hand. (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. (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. (7) And it was told Saul that David was come to
Keilah. And Saul said, Elohim
hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town
that hath gates and bars. (8) And Saul called all the
people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. (9) And David knew that Saul secretly practiced
mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the
ephod. (10) Then said David, O YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to
Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. (11) Will the
men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant
hath heard? O YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy
servant. And YAHWEH
said, He will come down. (12) Then said David, Will the
men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And YAHWEH
said, They will deliver thee up. (13) Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and
went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped
from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. (14) And
David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in
the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but Elohim
delivered him not into his hand. (15) And
David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
(16) And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David
into the wood, and strengthened his hand in Elohim.
(17) And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of
Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I
shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. (18) And they two made a covenant before YAHWEH:
and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. (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? (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. (21) And Saul said, Blessed be ye of YAHWEH; for ye have compassion on me. (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 subtly. (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. (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. (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. (26) And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and
David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get
away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round
about to take them. (27) But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying,
Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. (28) Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after
David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. (29) And
David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
(I) 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. (2) Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of
all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild
goats. (3) And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover
his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. (4) And the men of David said unto him, Behold the
day of which YAHWEH
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. (5) And it
came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off
Saul's skirt. (6) And he said unto his men, YAHWEH forbid that I should do this
thing unto my master, YAHWEH’S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand
against him, seeing he is the
anointed of YAHWEH.
(7) So David stayed his servants with these words,
and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave,
and went on his way. (8) David also arose afterward, and went out of the
cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My sovereign the king. And when Saul looked
behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. (9) And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou
men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? (10) Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that YAHWEH
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 sovereign; for he is YAHWEH’S anointed. (11)
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in
that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see
that there is neither evil nor
transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou
huntest my soul to take it. (12) YAHWEH judge between me and thee,
and YAHWEH
avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. (13) As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness
proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. (14) After whom is the king of Israel come out? After
whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea. (15) YAHWEH therefore be judge, and judge between me
and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. (16) And it came to pass, when David had made an end
of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and
wept. (17) And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas
I have rewarded thee evil. (18) And thou hast showed this
day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when YAHWEH
had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. (19) For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go
well away? Wherefore YAHWEH reward thee good for that thou hast done
unto me this day. (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. (21) Swear now therefore unto me by YAHWEH,
that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my
name out of my father's house. (22) And David sware unto
Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
(I) 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. (2)
And there was a man in Maon, whose
possessions were in Carmel; and the
man was very great, and he had three
thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. (3) Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and 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. (4) And David heard in the
wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. (5) And David
sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to
Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: (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. (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. (8) Ask thy young men, and they will show thee.
Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good
day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and
to thy son David. (9) And when David's young men came, they spake to
Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. (10) And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who
is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There be many
servants now a days that break away every man from his master. (11) Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my
flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? (12) So David's young men turned their way, and went
again, and came and told him all those sayings. (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. (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. (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: (16) They were a wall unto us
both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. (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. (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. (19) And she said unto her servants, Go on before me;
behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. (20) And it was so,
as she rode on 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. (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. (22) So and more also do Elohim
unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the
wall. (23) And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and
lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to
the ground, (24) And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my
sovereign, 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) Let not
my sovereign, 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 sovereign, whom thou didst send. (26) Now therefore, my sovereign, as YAHWEH liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing YAHWEH 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 sovereign,
be as Nabal. (27) And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath
brought unto my sovereign, let it even be given unto the young men that follow
my sovereign. (28) I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine
handmaid: for YAHWEH
will certainly make my sovereign a sure house; because my sovereign fighteth
the battles of YAHWEH,
and evil hath not been found in thee all thy
days. (29) Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek
thy soul: but the soul of my sovereign shall be bound in the bundle of life
with YAHWEH
thy Elohim;
and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. (30)
And it shall come to pass, when YAHWEH shall have done to my sovereign according
to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed
thee ruler over Israel; (31) That this shall be no
grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my adonay, either that thou hast
shed blood causeless, or that my sovereign hath avenged himself: but when YAHWEH
shall have dealt well with my sovereign, then remember thine handmaid. (32) And David said to Abigail, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: (33)
And blessed be thy advice, and
blessed be thou, which hast kept me
this day from coming to shed blood,
and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (34)
For in very deed, as YAHWEH Elohim 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. (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. (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. (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. (38) And it came to pass about ten days after, that YAHWEH smote Nabal, that he died. (39) And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he
said, Blessed be YAHWEH, that hath pleaded the cause
of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for
YAHWEH
hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and
communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. (40) And when the servants of David were come to
Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to
take thee to him to wife. (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 sovereign. (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. (43) David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they
were also both of them his wives. (44) But Saul
had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
(I) And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which
is before Jeshimon? (2) Then Saul arose, and went
down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with
him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. (3)
And Saul 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. (4) David therefore sent out spies, and understood
that Saul was come in very deed. (5) And David
arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place
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. (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. (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. (8) Then said Abishai to David, Elohim
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. (9) And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for
who can stretch forth his hand against YAHWEH’S anointed, and be guiltless? (10) David said furthermore, As YAHWEH
liveth, YAHWEH
shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle,
and perish. (11) YAHWEH forbid that I should stretch forth mine
hand against YAHWEH’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. (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 YAHWEH was fallen upon them. (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: (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? (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 sovereign the king? For there came one of
the people in to destroy the king thy sovereign. (16)
This thing is not good that thou hast
done. As YAHWEH liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not
kept your master, YAHWEH’S anointed. And now see where the king's
spear is, and the cruse of water that
was at his bolster. (17) And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And
David said, It is my voice, my
sovereign, O king. (18) And he said, Wherefore doth my sovereign thus
pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in mine hand? (19) Now therefore, I pray thee, let my sovereign the
king hear the words of his servant. If YAHWEH have stirred thee up against me, let him
accept an offering: but if they be the
children of men, cursed be they
before YAHWEH;
for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of YAHWEH,
saying, Go, serve other elohim. (20) Now
therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of YAHWEH:
for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a
partridge in the mountains. (21) Then said Saul, I have
sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul
was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have
erred exceedingly. (22) And David answered and said, Behold the king's
spear! And let one of the young men come over and fetch it. (23) YAHWEH render to every man his righteousness and
his faithfulness: for YAHWEH delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against YAHWEH’S
anointed. (24) And, behold, as thy life was much set by this
day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of YAHWEH,
and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. (25)
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou,
my son David: thou shalt both do great things,
and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned
to his place.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his
men, every man with his household, even David
with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess,
Nabal's wife. (4) And it was told Saul that David was fled to
Gath: and he sought no more again for him. (5) And David
said unto Achish, If 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? (6) Then
Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of
Judah unto this day. (7) And the time that David
dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. (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. (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. (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. (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. (12) And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made
his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for
ever.
(I) 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. (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. (3) Now Samuel was dead, and
all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And
Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the
land. (4) And the Philistines gathered themselves
together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel
together, and they pitched in Gilboa. (5) And when
Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly
trembled. (6) And when Saul inquired of YAHWEH, YAHWEH answered him not, neither by
dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. (7) Then said
Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may
go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar
spirit at Endor. (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. (9) And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou
knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar
spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare
for my life, to cause me to die? (10) And Saul
sware to her by YAHWEH,
saying, As YAHWEH liveth, there shall no
punishment happen to thee for this thing. (11) Then
said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
(12) And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a
loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? For
thou art Saul. (13) And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for
what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw elohim ascending out of
the earth. (14) And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he is covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel,
and he stooped with his face to the
ground, and bowed himself. (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 Elohim
is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by
dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what
I shall do. (16) Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask
of me, seeing YAHWEH
is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? (17) And YAHWEH hath done to him, as he spake by me: for YAHWEH
hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: (18) Because thou obeyedst not the voice of YAHWEH,
nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath YAHWEH
done this thing unto thee this day. (19) Moreover
YAHWEH
will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to
morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: YAHWEH also shall deliver the host
of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. (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. (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. (22) Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also
unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee;
and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. (23) But he 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. (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: (25) and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then
they rose up, and went away that night.
(I) Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to
Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. (2) And the tyrants of the
Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men
passed on in the rearguard with Achish. (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? (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? (5) Is not this David, of whom they sang one
to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten
thousands? (6) Then Achish called David, and said unto him,
Surely, as YAHWEH 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 tyrants favour thee not. (7) Wherefore
now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the tyrants of the
Philistines. (8) And David said unto Achish, But what have I
done? And what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee
unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my sovereign the
king? (9) And Achish answered and said to David, I know
that thou art good in my sight, as an
angel of Elohim: notwithstanding the
princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
(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. (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.
(I) 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; (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. (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. (4) Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and
wept, until they had no more power to weep. (5) And
David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail
the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. (6) And David
was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul
of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:
but David encouraged himself in YAHWEH his Elohim. (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. (8) And David inquired at YAHWEH, 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. (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. (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. (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; (12) And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and
two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him:
for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water,
three days and three nights. (13) And David said unto him,
To whom belongest thou? And whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an
Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. (14) We made 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. (15) And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down
to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by Elohim,
that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and
I will bring thee down to this company. (16) And when
he had brought him down, behold, they
were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing,
because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the
Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. (17) And
David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and
there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon
camels, and fled. (18) And David recovered all that the Amalekites had
carried away: and David rescued his two wives. (19)
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons
nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing
that they had taken to them: David recovered all. (20) And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. (21) And David came to the two 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. (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. (23) Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my
brethren, with that which YAHWEH hath given us, who hath preserved us, and
delivered the company that came against us into our hand. (24) For who will hearken unto you in this matter?
But as his part is that goeth down to
the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they
shall part alike. (25) And it was so
from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for
Israel unto this day. (26) And when David came to
Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil
of the enemies of YAHWEH; (27) To them which were in Bethel, and to them which
were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, (28) And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which
were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, (29) And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which
were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites,
and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, (30) And to them
which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them
which were in Athach, (31) And to them
which were in Hebron, and to all
the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
(I) Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. (2) And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. (3) And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. (4) Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. (5) And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. (6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. (7) And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were 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. (8) And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. (9) And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. (10) And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. (11) And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; (12) All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. (13) And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
(I) 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; (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. (3) And David said unto him, From whence comest
thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. (4) And David said unto him, How went the matter? I
pray thee, tell me. And he answered, 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. (5) And David said unto the young man that told him,
How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? (6) And the young man that told him said, As I
happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and,
lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. (7) And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and
called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
(8) And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am
an Amalekite. (9) He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon
me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. (10) So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was
sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that
was upon his head, and the bracelet
that was on his arm, and have brought
them hither unto my sovereign. (11) Then David took hold on
his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: (12) And they mourned, and
wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the
people of YAHWEH,
and for the House of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. (13) And David said unto the young man that told him,
Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. (14) And David said unto him, How wast thou not
afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy YAHWEH’S anointed? (15) And David called one of the young men, and said,
Go near, and fall upon him. And he
smote him that he died. (16) And David said unto him,
Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy
mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain YAHWEH’S anointed. (17) And David lamented with this lamentation over
Saul and over Jonathan his son: (18) (Also he
bade them teach the children of Judah the
use of the bow: behold, it is written
in the book of Jasher.) (19) The beauty of Israel is
slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! (20) Tell it not
in Gath, publish it not in the
streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the
daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. (21) Ye
mountains of Gilboa, let there be no
dew, neither let there be rain, upon
you, nor fields of 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. (22) From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the
mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not
empty. (23) Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they
were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
(24) Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed
you in scarlet, with other delights,
who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. (25)
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. (26) I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:
very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the
love of women. (27) How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of
war perished!
(I) And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of YAHWEH,
saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And YAHWEH said unto him, Go up. And
David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. (2) So David went up thither, and his two wives
also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. (3) And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and
they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. (4) And the
men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the House of Judah.
And they told David, saying, That the
men of Jabeshgilead were they that
buried Saul. (5) And David sent messengers unto the men of
Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be
ye of YAHWEH,
that ye have showed this kindness unto your sovereign, even unto Saul, and have buried him. (6)
And now YAHWEH
show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness,
because ye have done this thing. (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. (8) But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's
host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; (9) And made him king over Gilead, and over the
Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all
Israel. (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. (11) And the time that David was king in Hebron over
the House of Judah was seven years and six months. (12) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of
Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. (13) And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of
David, went out, and met 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. (14) And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now
arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. (15) Then there arose and went over by number twelve
of Benjamin, which pertained to
Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. (16) And they caught every one his fellow by the
head, and thrust his sword in his
fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called
Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. (17) And there was a very sore battle that day; and
Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. (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. (19) And
Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to
the left from following Abner. (20) Then Abner looked behind
him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And
he answered, I am. (21) And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy
right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take
thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. (22) And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside
from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? How then should
I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? (23) Howbeit
he refused to turn aside: 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. (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. (25) And the children of
Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and
stood on the top of an hill. (26) Then Abner called to
Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Knowest thou not that it will
be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, ere thou bid the
people return from following their brethren? (27)
And Joab said, As Elohim liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely
then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his
brother. (28) So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood
still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. (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. (30) And Joab returned from
following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked
of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. (31)
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men
died. (32) And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the
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.
(I) 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. (2) And unto David were sons
born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; (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; (4) And the fourth, Adonijah
the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (5) And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife.
These were born to David in Hebron. (6) And it
came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of
David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. (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? (8) Then was
Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show 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? (9) So do Elohim to Abner, and more also, except, as YAHWEH
hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; (10) To
translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David
over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. (11) And he could not answer Abner a word again,
because he feared him. (12) And Abner sent messengers
to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the
land? Saying also, Make thy league
with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with
thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. (13) And he
said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee,
that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's
daughter, when thou comest to see my face. (14) And
David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to
me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. (15)
And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her
husband, even from Phaltiel the
son of Laish. (16) And her husband went with her along weeping
behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. (17) And Abner had communication with the elders of
Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: (18) Now then
do it: for YAHWEH hath spoken of David,
saying, By the hand of MY servant
David I will save MY people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. (19) And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin:
and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed
good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. (20) So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men
with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. (21) And
Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my
sovereign 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. (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
with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. (23) When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab,
saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and
he is gone in peace. (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? (25) Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came
to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all
that thou doest. (26) And when Joab was come out from David, he sent
messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David
knew it not. (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. (28) And afterward when David
heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before YAHWEH
for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: (29)
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there
not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or
that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. (30) So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner,
because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. (31) And David said to Joab, and to all the people
that were with him, Rend your
clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. (32) And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king
lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. (33) And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died
Abner as a fool dieth? (34) Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into
fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. (35) And when all the people came to cause David to
eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do Elohim
to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. (36) And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. (37)
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the
king to slay Abner the son of Ner. (38) And the
king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man
fallen this day in Israel? (39) And I am this day weak, though anointed king;
and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too
hard for me: YAHWEH
shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
(I) And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his
hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. (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. (3) And the
Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) (4) And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and
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. (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. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH hath avenged my sovereign
the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. (9) And David
answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and
said unto them, As YAHWEH
liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, (10) When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead,
thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in
Ziklag, who thought that I would have
given him a reward for his tidings: (11) How much
more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his
bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you
away from the earth? (12) And David commanded his
young men, and they slew them, and cut off their 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.
(I) Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and
spake, saying, Behold, we are thy
bone and thy flesh. (2) Also in time past, when Saul was king over us,
thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and YAHWEH
said to thee, Thou shalt feed MY
people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. (3) So all the elders of Israel came to the king to
Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before YAHWEH:
and they anointed David king over Israel. (4) David was thirty years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned forty years. (5) In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and
six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel
and Judah. (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. (7)
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. (8) And David
said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and 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. (9) So David dwelt in the
fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo
and inward. (10) And David went on, and grew great, and YAHWEH Elohim of hosts was with him. (11) And Hiram king of Tyre
sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they
built David an house. (12) And David perceived that YAHWEH
had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for
his people Israel's sake. (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. (14) And these be
the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and
Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, (15) Ibhar
also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (16) And
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. (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. (18)
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (19) And David inquired of YAHWEH, saying, Shall I go up to
the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And YAHWEH
said unto David, Go up: for I will
doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. (20) And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote
them there, and said, YAHWEH hath broken forth upon mine enemies before
me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place
Baalperazim. (21) And there they left their images, and David and
his men burned them. (22) And the Philistines came
up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (23) And when David inquired of YAHWEH, he said, Thou shalt not go
up; but fetch a compass behind them,
and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (24) And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a
going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself:
for then shall YAHWEH
go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. (25) And David did so, as YAHWEH had commanded him; and smote
the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
(I) Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,
thirty thousand. (2) And David arose, and went with all the people
that were with him from Baale of
Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of Elohim,
whose name is called by the name of YAHWEH of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. (3) And they set the ark of Elohim
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. (4) And they
brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of Elohim:
and Ahio went before the ark. (5) And David and all the
House of Israel played before YAHWEH 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)
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of Elohim, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. (7) And the
anger of YAHWEH
was kindled against Uzzah; and Elohim
smote him there for his error; and
there he died by the ark of Elohim. (8) And David was displeased, because YAHWEH
had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to
this day. (9) And David was afraid of YAHWEH that day, and said, How
shall the ark of YAHWEH come to me? (10) So David
would not remove the ark of YAHWEH unto him into the city of David: but David
carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. (11) And the ark of YAHWEH continued in the house of
Obededom the Gittite three months: and YAHWEH blessed Obededom, and all his household. (12) And it was told king David, saying, YAHWEH
hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of Elohim.
So David went and brought up the ark of Elohim
from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. (13) And it was so,
that when they that bare the ark of YAHWEH had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and
fatlings. (14) And David danced before YAHWEH with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. (15) So David and all the House of Israel brought up
the ark of YAHWEH
with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. (16) And as the ark of YAHWEH came into the city of David,
Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and
dancing before YAHWEH;
and she despised him in her heart. (17) And they
brought in the ark of YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH of hosts. (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. (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! (21) And David said unto Michal, It was before YAHWEH, which chose me before thy father, and
before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of YAHWEH,
over Israel: therefore will I play before YAHWEH. (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 honour. (23) Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no
child unto the day of her death.
(I) And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and YAHWEH
had given him rest round about from all his enemies; (2) That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See
now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of Elohim
dwelleth within curtains. (3) And Nathan said to the
king, Go, do all that is in thine
heart; for YAHWEH
is with thee. (4) And it came to pass that night, that The Word of YAHWEH
came unto Nathan, saying, (5) Go and tell MY servant David, Thus saith YAHWEH,
Shalt thou build ME an house for ME to dwell in? (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) 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? (8) Now therefore so shalt thou say unto MY servant David, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over MY people, over Israel: (9) And I was with thee 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. (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, (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 YAHWEH telleth thee that he will make thee an
house. (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. (13) He shall build an house for MY name, and I will
stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. (14) I will be his father, and he shall be MY son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men,
and with the stripes of the children of men: (15)
But MY mercy shall not depart away
from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. (16) And
thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy
throne shall be established for ever. (17)
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan
speak unto David. (18) Then went king David in, and sat before YAHWEH,
and he said, Who am I, O my Sovereign YAHWEH? And what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? (19) And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O
my Sovereign
YAHWEH; but thou hast spoken also of thy
servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O my Sovereign YAHWEH?
(20) And what can David say more unto thee? For THOU, my Sovereign YAHWEH,
knowest thy servant. (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. (22) Wherefore THOU
art great, O YAHWEH
Elohim: for there is none like thee, neither is there any elohim beside THEE,
according to all that we have heard with our ears. (23) And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom Elohim
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 elohim? (24) For THOU
hast confirmed to THYSELF THY people
Israel to be a people unto THEE for ever: and THOU, YAHWEH, art become their Elohim. (25) And now, O YAHWEH Elohim,
the word that THOU hast spoken
concerning THY servant, and concerning
his house, establish it for ever, and
do as THOU hast said. (26) And let THY
name be magnified for ever, saying, YAHWEH of hosts is the Elohim over Israel: and let the house of thy
servant David be established before thee. (27) For THOU, O YAHWEH of hosts, Elohim 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.
(28) And now, O my Sovereign YAHWEH,
THOU art that Elohim, and THY
words be true, and THOU hast
promised this goodness unto THY
servant: (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 my Sovereign YAHWEH, hast spoken it: and with THY
blessing let the house of THY
servant be blessed for ever.
(I) 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. (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. (3) David smote also
Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at
the river Euphrates. (4) And David took from him a
thousand chariots, and seven hundred
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. (5) And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour
Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
(6) Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus:
and the Syrians became servants to David, and
brought gifts. And YAHWEH preserved David whithersoever he went. (7) And David took the shields of gold that were on
the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. (8) And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of
Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. (9)
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
(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: (11) Which also king David did dedicate unto YAHWEH,
with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
(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. (13) And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting
of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being
eighteen thousand men. (14) And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all
Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And YAHWEH
preserved David whithersoever he went. (15) And
David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all
his people. (16) And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (17) And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the
son of Abiathar, were the priests;
and Seraiah was the scribe; (18) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
(I) And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house
of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? (2) And there
was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said
unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said,
Thy servant is he. (3) And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the
kindness of Elohim unto him? And Ziba said
unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which
is lame on his feet. (4) And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar. (5) Then king David sent, and
fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. (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! (7) And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will
surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee
all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table
continually. (8) And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look
upon such a dead dog as I am? (9) Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant,
and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to
Saul and to all his house. (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 bread alway at my
table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. (11) Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all
that my sovereign 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. (12) And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the
house of Ziba were servants unto
Mephibosheth. (13) So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did
eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
(I) And it came to pass after this, that the king of the
children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. (2) Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun
the son of Nahash, as his father showed 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. (3)
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their sovereign,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour 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? (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. (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. (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 of king Maacah
a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. (7) And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. (8) And the children of Ammon came out, and put the
battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of
Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by
themselves in the field. (9) 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: (10) 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. (11) And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for
me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for
thee, then I will come and help thee. (12) Be of
good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our
Elohim:
and YAHWEH
do that which seemeth him good. (13) And Joab
drew nigh, and the people that were with
him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. (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. (15) And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten
before Israel, they gathered themselves together. (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. (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. (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. (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.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And David sent and inquired after the woman. And
one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the
Hittite? (4) And David sent messengers, and took her; and she
came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her
uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. (5)
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. (6) And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. (7) And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded
of him how Joab did, and how the
people did, and how the war prospered. (8) And David
said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out
of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. (9) But Uriah
slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his sovereign,
and went not down to his house. (10) And when
they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said
unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?
Why then didst thou not go down unto
thine house? (11) And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel,
and Judah, abide in tents; and my sovereign Joab, and the servants of my
sovereign, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to
eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As
thou livest, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not do this thing. (12) And
David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee
depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. (13) And when David had called him, he did eat and
drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his
bed with the servants of his sovereign, but went not down to his house. (14) And it came to pass in the morning, that David
wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by
the hand of Uriah. (15) And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah
in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be
smitten, and die. (16) And it came to pass, when Joab observed the
city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. (17)
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of
David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. (18) Then
Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; (19) And charged the messenger, saying, When thou
hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, (20) And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he
say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?
Knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? (21)
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a
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. (22) So the messenger went, and came and showed David
all that Joab had sent him for. (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. (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. (25) Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt
thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and
overthrow it: and encourage thou him. (26) And when
the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her
husband. (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 YAHWEH.
(I) And YAHWEH sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto
him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the
other poor. (2) The rich man
had exceeding many flocks and herds: (3) But the
poor man had nothing, save one little
ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with
him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. (4) And there came a traveller unto the rich man,
and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the
wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed
it for the man that was come to him. (5) And
David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As YAHWEH liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: (6) and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because
he did this thing, and because he had no pity. (7)
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the
man. Thus saith YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (8) And I
gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave
thee the House of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such
and such things. (9) Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of YAHWEH,
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. (10) Now therefore the sword shall never depart from
thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah
the Hittite to be thy wife. (11) Thus saith YAHWEH,
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 neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this
sun. (12) For thou didst it secretly: but I will
do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. (13) And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned
against YAHWEH.
And Nathan said unto David, YAHWEH also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not
die. (14) Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given
great occasion to the enemies of YAHWEH to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
(15) And Nathan departed unto his house. And YAHWEH
struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. (16) David therefore besought Elohim
for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
(17) And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from
the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. (18) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the
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? (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. (20) Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and
anointed himself, and changed his
apparel, and came into the house of YAHWEH, and worshipped: then he came to his own
house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. (21) Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? Thou didst
fast and weep for the child, while it was
alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. (22) And he said, While the child was yet alive, I
fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether
YAHWEH
will be gracious to me, that the child may live? (23)
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I
shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. (24)
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her:
and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and YAHWEH loved him. (25) And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet;
and he called his name Jedidiah, because of YAHWEH. (26) And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children
of Ammon, and took the royal city. (27) And Joab
sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have
taken the city of waters. (28) Now therefore gather the
rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I
take the city, and it be called after my name. (29)
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought
against it, and took it. (30) And he took 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. (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 brickkiln: and
thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the
people returned unto Jerusalem.
(I) 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. (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 any thing to her. (3) But Amnon
had a friend, whose name was Jonadab,
the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man. (4) And he
said unto him, Why 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. (5) 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, 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. (6) 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. (7) Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to
thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. (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. (9) 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. (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. (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. (12) And she answered him,
Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel:
do not thou this folly. (13) And I, whither shall I
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. (14) Howbeit he would not
hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with
her. (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. (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. (17) Then he called his servant that ministered unto
him, and said, Put now this woman out
from me, and bolt the door after her. (18) And she had a garment of divers colours 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. (19) And Tamar put ashes on
her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. (20) And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath
Amnon thy brother been with thee? But hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing.
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. (21) But when king David heard of all these things,
he was very wroth. (22) And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither
good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (23) And it came to pass after two full years, that
Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. (24) And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold
now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants
go with thy servant. (25) And the king said to
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. (26) Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my
brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with
thee? (27) But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and
all the king's sons go with him. (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. (29) And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as
Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up
upon his mule, and fled. (30) And it came to pass,
while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath
slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. (31) Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and
lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. (32) And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother,
answered and said, Let not my sovereign 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. (33) Now
therefore let not my sovereign the king take the thing to his heart, to think
that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead. (34) But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept
the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people
by the way of the hill side behind him. (35) And
Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said,
so it is. (36) And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an
end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice
and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. (37) But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of
Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned
for his son every day. (38) So Absalom fled, and went
to Geshur, and was there three years. (39) And the soul of king David longed to go
forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
(I) Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. (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: (3) And come
to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her
mouth. (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. (5) And the king said unto her, What aileth thee?
And she answered, I am indeed a widow
woman, and mine husband is dead. (6) And thy
handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one
smote the other, and slew him. (7) And, behold, the whole
family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote
his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew;
and 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. (8) And the
king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
(9) And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My
sovereign, O king, the iniquity be on
me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. (10) And the king said,
Whosoever saith ought unto thee,
bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. (11) Then said she, I pray thee, let the king
remember YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
that THOU wouldest not suffer the
revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As YAHWEH liveth, there shall not one hair of thy
son fall to the earth. (12) Then the woman said, Let
thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word
unto my sovereign the king. And he said, Say on. (13)
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the
people of Elohim? For the king doth
speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home
again his banished. (14) For we must needs die, and are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up
again; neither doth Elohim
respect any person: yet doth he
devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. (15) Now therefore that I am come to speak of this
thing unto my sovereign 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. (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 Elohim.
(17) Then thine handmaid said, The word of my
sovereign the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of Elohim, so is
my sovereign the king to discern good and bad: therefore YAHWEH thy Elohim
will be with thee. (18) Then the king answered and said unto the woman,
Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman
said, Let my sovereign the king now speak. (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 sovereign the king, none can turn to the
right hand or to the left from ought that my sovereign the king hath spoken:
for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of
thine handmaid: (20) To fetch about this form of speech hath thy
servant Joab done this thing: and my sovereign is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of Elohim, to know all things that are in the
earth. (21) And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have
done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. (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 have found grace in thy sight, my sovereign, O king, in that the king
hath fulfilled the request of his servant. (23) So Joab
arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. (24) And the king said, Let him turn to his own
house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and
saw not the king's face. (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. (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. (27) And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and
one daughter, whose name was Tamar:
she was a woman of a fair countenance. (28) So
Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. (29) Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent
him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the
second time, he would not come. (30)
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he
hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field
on fire. (31) Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore
have thy servants set my field on fire? (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. (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.
(I) And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him
chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. (2) And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the
way of the gate: and it was so, that
when any man that had a controversy came to the 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. (3) And Absalom said unto him,
See, thy matters are good and right;
but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. (4) Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge
in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me,
and I would do him justice! (5) And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth
his hand, and took him, and kissed him. (6) And on
this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so
Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. (7)
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray
thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto YAHWEH, in Hebron. (8) For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at
Geshur in Syria, saying, If YAHWEH shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem,
then I will serve YAHWEH. (9) And the
king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. (10) But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes
of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall
say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. (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. (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. (13) And
there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are
after Absalom. (14) And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and
let us flee; for 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. (15) And the king's servants said unto the king,
Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever
my sovereign the king shall appoint. (16) And the
king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the
house. (17) And the king went forth, and all the people
after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. (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. (19) 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. (20) 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. (21) And Ittai answered the king, and said, As YAHWEH liveth, and as my sovereign the king liveth, surely in what place my sovereign
the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant
be. (22) And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And
Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. (23) And all the country wept with a loud voice, and
all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron,
and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. (24) And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the Ark of the
Covenant of Elohim: and they set down the
ark of Elohim; and Abiathar went up, until
all the people had done passing out of the city. (25)
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of Elohim
into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of YAHWEH, he will bring me again, and
show me both it, and his habitation: (26) 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. (27) 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. (28) See, I
will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to
certify me. (29) Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of Elohim again to Jerusalem: and they tarried
there. (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. (31) And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.
And David said, O YAHWEH, I pray thee, turn the counsel of
Ahithophel into foolishness. (32) And it came to pass, that
when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped Elohim, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet
him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: (33)
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden
unto me: (34) But if thou return to the city, 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. (35) And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and
Abiathar the priests? Therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house,
thou shalt tell it to Zadok and
Abiathar the priests. (36) Behold, they have there with them their two
sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and
Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them
ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. (37) So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and
Absalom came into Jerusalem.
(I) 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. (2) And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou
by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for
the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young
men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. (3) And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the House
of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. (4)
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are
all that pertained unto
Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my sovereign, O king. (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. (6) And he
cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people
and all the mighty men were on his
right hand and on his left. (7) And thus said Shimei when
he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: (8) YAHWEH hath returned upon thee all the blood of
the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and YAHWEH 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. (9) Then said Abishai the son
of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my sovereign the king?
Let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. (10) And the king said, What have I to do with you,
ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because YAHWEH hath said unto him, Curse
David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? (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 YAHWEH hath bidden him. (12) It may be that YAHWEH will look on mine
affliction, and that YAHWEH will requite me good for his cursing this
day. (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. (14) And the
king, and all the people that were with
him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. (15)
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and
Ahithophel with him. (16) And it came to pass, when
Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said
unto Absalom, Elohim
save the king, Elohim
save the king. (17) And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy
friend? (18) And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom YAHWEH,
and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him
will I abide. (19) And again, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in thy father's
presence, so will I be in thy presence. (20) Then
said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. (21) And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy
father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall
hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. (22) So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of
the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all
Israel. (23) And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he
counselled in those days, was as if a
man had inquired at the oracle of Elohim:
so was all the counsel of Ahithophel
both with David and with Absalom.
(I) Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out
twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: (2) And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make
him afraid: and all the people that are with
him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: (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. (4) And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the
elders of Israel. (5) Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite
also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. (6)
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel
hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after
his saying? If not; speak thou. (7) And
Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. (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. (9) Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass,
when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will
say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. (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. (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. (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. (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. (14)
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of
Ahithophel. For YAHWEH
had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that YAHWEH
might bring evil upon Absalom. (15) Then said Hushai unto
Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom
and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. (16) Now therefore send quickly, and tell David,
saying, Lodge not this night 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) 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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (22) Then David arose, and all
the people that were with him, and
they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that
was not gone over Jordan. (23) And when Ahithophel saw
that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home 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. (24) Then David came to
Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with
him. (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, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah
Joab's mother. (26) So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of
Gilead. (27) And it came to pass, when David was come to
Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and
Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (28) Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels,
and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, (29) And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of
kine, for David, and for the people that were
with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
(I) And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of
hundreds over them. (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.
(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 succour us out of the city. (4) And the king said unto them, What seemeth you
best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came
out by hundreds and by thousands. (5) And the
king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all
the captains charge concerning Absalom. (6) So the
people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood
of Ephraim; (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. (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. (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. (10) And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I
saw Absalom hanged in an oak. (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. (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. (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. (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. (15) And ten young men that bare Joab's armour
compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. (16)
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel:
for Joab held back the people. (17) And they took Absalom,
and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones
upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. (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. (19) Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now
run, and bear the king tidings, how that YAHWEH hath avenged him of his enemies. (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. (21) Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what
thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. (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? (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. (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. (25) And the watchman cried, and told the king. And
the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he
came apace, and drew near. (26) And the watchman saw
another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king
said, He also bringeth tidings. (27) And the
watchman said, 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. (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 YAHWEH thy Elohim, which hath delivered up
the men that lifted up their hand against my sovereign the king. (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. (30) And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand
here. And he turned aside, and stood still. (31) And,
behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my sovereign the king: for YAHWEH
hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. (32) And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man
Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my sovereign the king, and all
that rise against thee to do thee hurt,
be as that young man is. (33) And the
king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as
he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would to Elohim I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
(I) And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth
for Absalom. (2) And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the
people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
(3) And the people gat them by stealth that day into
the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. (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! (5) And Joab came into the house to the king, and
said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day
have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the
lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; (6) In that thou lovest 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. (7) Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak
comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by YAHWEH, 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. (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. (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. (10) And Absalom, whom we
anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of
bringing the king back? (11) And king David sent to
Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah,
saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? Seeing the
speech of all Israel is come to the king, even
to his house. (12) Ye are my
brethren, ye are my bones and my
flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? (13) And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? Elohim
do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me
continually in the room of Joab. (14) And he
bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. (15) So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And
Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. (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. (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. (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) And said unto the king, Let not my sovereign
impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did
perversely the day that my sovereign the king went out of Jerusalem, that the
king should take it to his heart. (20) For thy
servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first
this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my sovereign the king. (21) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and
said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed YAHWEH’S
anointed? (22) And David said, What have I to do with you, ye
sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall there
any man be put to death this day in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? (23) Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt
not die. And the king sware unto him. (24) And
Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and 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. (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? (26) And he answered, My
sovereign, 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. (27)
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my sovereign the king; but my sovereign
the king is as an angel of Elohim: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. (28) For all of my father's house were but dead men
before my sovereign 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? (29) And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou
any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. (30) And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let
him take all, forasmuch as my sovereign the king is come again in peace unto
his own house. (31) And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from
Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. (32) Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had
provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. (33) And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over
with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. (34) And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have
I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? (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 sovereign the king? (36) Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan
with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? (37) Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again,
that I may die in mine own city, and be
buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant
Chimham; let him go over with my sovereign the king; and do to him what shall
seem good unto thee. (38) And the king answered,
Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good
unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. (39) 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. (40) 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. (41) And, behold, all the men
of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the
men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household,
and all David's men with him, over Jordan? (42) 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? (43) And the
men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the
king, and we have also more right in
David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first
had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer
than the words of the men of Israel.
(I) 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. (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. (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 they were shut up unto the day of their death, living
in widowhood. (4) Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men
of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. (5) So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he
had appointed him. (6) And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the
son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom:
take thou thy sovereign's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him
fenced cities, and escape us. (7) And there went out after
him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty
men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. (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. (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. (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. (11) And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He
that favoureth Joab, and he that is for
David, let him go after Joab. (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. (13) When he
was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue
after Sheba the son of Bichri. (14) And he went through all
the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and
they were gathered together, and went also after him. (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. (16) Then
cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab,
Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. (17)
And 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. (18) Then she spake, saying,
They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. (19) I am one
of them that are peaceable and faithful
in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of YAHWEH? (20) And Joab
answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or
destroy. (21) The matter is
not so: but a man of 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. (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. (23) Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: (24) And
Adoram was over the tribute: and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
(25) And Sheva was
scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the
priests: (26) And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about
David.
(I) Then there was a famine in the days of David three years,
year after year; and David inquired of YAHWEH. And YAHWEH answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody
house, because he slew the Gibeonites. (2) And the
king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the Children of Israel, but
of the remnant of the 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.) (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 YAHWEH? (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. (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, (6) Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us,
and we will hang them up unto YAHWEH in Gibeah of Saul, whom YAHWEH did choose. And the king said, I will give them. (7)
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because
of YAHWEH’S
oath that was between them, between
David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (8) But the
king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul,
Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom
she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: (9) And he delivered them into the hands of the
Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before YAHWEH: 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. (10) 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. (11) And it
was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had
done. (12) And David went and took the bones of Saul and
the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen
them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when
the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: (13) And he
brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and
they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. (14) And 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 Elohim
was entreated for the land. (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. (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. (17) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him,
and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him,
saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the
light of Israel. (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. (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. (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) And when
he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. (22) These four were born to the giant in Gath, and
fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
(I) And David spake unto YAHWEH the words of this song in the day that YAHWEH had delivered him out of the
hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: (2) And he said, YAHWEH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (3) The Elohim 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 Saviour; THOU savest me from violence. (4) I will
call on YAHWEH,
who is worthy to be praised: so shall
I be saved from mine enemies. (5) When the waves of death
compassed me, the floods of worthless men made me afraid; (6) The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the
snares of death prevented me; (7) In my distress I called
upon YAHWEH,
and cried to my Elohim:
and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. (8) Then the
earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he
was wroth. (9) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and
fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. (10) He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and
darkness was under his feet. (11) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he
was seen upon the wings of the wind. (12) And he
made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. (13) Through
the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. (14) YAHWEH thundered from heaven, and the most High
uttered his voice. (15) And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
lightning, and discomfited them. (16) And the
channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at
the rebuking of YAHWEH,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. (17) He sent
from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; (18) He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they
were too strong for me. (19) They prevented me in the
day of my calamity: but YAHWEH was my stay. (20) He brought me forth also into a large place: he
delivered me, because he delighted in me. (21) YAHWEH
rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me. (22) For I have kept the ways
of YAHWEH,
and have not wickedly departed from my Elohim. (23) For all
his judgments were before me: and as for HIS statutes, I did not depart from them. (24) I was also upright before him, and have kept
myself from mine iniquity. (25) Therefore YAHWEH
hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in
his eye sight. (26) With the merciful THOU wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. (27) With the pure THOU wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward THOU wilt show thyself unsavoury. (28) And the afflicted people THOU wilt save: but thine eyes are
upon the haughty, that THOU mayest bring them down. (29) For THOU art my lamp, O YAHWEH:
and YAHWEH
will lighten my darkness. (30) For by thee I have run
through a troop: by my Elohim have I leaped over a wall. (31) As for El, his
way is perfect; The Word of YAHWEH is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. (32) For who is
El,
save YAHWEH?
And who is a rock, save our Elohim?
(33) El is my
strength and power: And he maketh my
way perfect. (34) He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high
places. (35) He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of
steel is broken by mine arms. (36) THOU hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
gentleness hath made me great. (37) THOU hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
(38) I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;
and turned not again until I had consumed them. (39)
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea,
they are fallen under my feet. (40) For THOU hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast THOU subdued under
me. (41) THOU
hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that
hate me. (42) They looked, but there was none to save; even unto
YAHWEH,
but he answered them not. (43) Then did I beat them as
small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. (44) THOU
also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, THOU hast kept me to be head
of the heathen: a people which I knew
not shall serve me. (45) Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as
soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. (46) Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be
afraid out of their close places. (47) YAHWEH
liveth; and blessed be my rock; and
exalted be the Elohim
of the rock of my salvation. (48) It is El
that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, (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. (50)
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O YAHWEH, among the heathen, and I will sing
praises unto THY name. (51) He is the
tower of salvation for his king: and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David,
and to his seed for evermore.
(I) 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 Elohim
of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, (2) The spirit of YAHWEH spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. (3) The Elohim of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake
to me, He that ruleth over men must be just,
ruling in the fear of Elohim. (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. (5) Although my house be not so with El; 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. (6) But the
sons of Belial shall be all of
them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: (7) But the man that
shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and
they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. (8) 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. (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: (10) He arose, and smote the Philistines until his
hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and YAHWEH wrought a great victory that
day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. (11) And after him was Shammah the son of Agee 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. (12) But he
stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines:
and YAHWEH
wrought a great victory. (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. (14) And David was
then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. (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! (16) And the three mighty men
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: nevertheless he would not
drink thereof, but poured it out unto YAHWEH. (17) And he
said, Be it far from me, O YAHWEH, 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. (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. (19) Was he not most honourable of three? Therefore
he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. (20) And Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done 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: (21) And he slew an Egyptian,
a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him
with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him
with his own spear. (22) These things
did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. (23) He was more honourable than the thirty, but he
attained not to the first three. And
David set him over his guard. (24) Asahel the brother of
Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan
the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (25) Shammah the Harodite,
Elika the Harodite, (26) Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite, (27) Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the
Hushathite, (28) Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, (29) Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai
the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, (30) Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of
Gaash, (31) Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, (32) Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen,
Jonathan, (33) Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar
the Hararite, (34) Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the
Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, (35) Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, (36) Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the
Gadite, (37) Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite,
armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, (38) Ira an
Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, (39) Uriah the Hittite: thirty
and seven in all.
(I) And again the anger of YAHWEH was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (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. (3) And Joab said unto the king, Now YAHWEH thy Elohim add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my sovereign the king may see it: but why doth my sovereign the king delight in this thing? (4) Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. (5) And they passed over 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: (6) Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, (7) And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. (8) So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. (9) And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. (10) And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto YAHWEH, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O YAHWEH, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. (11) For when David was up in the morning, The Word of YAHWEH came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, (12) Go and say unto David, Thus saith YAHWEH, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. (13) So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? Or wilt thou flee three months before 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. (14) And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of YAHWEH; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. (15) So YAHWEH 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. (16) And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (17) And David spake unto YAHWEH 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. (18) And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto YAHWEH in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. (19) And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as YAHWEH commanded. (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. (21) And Araunah said, Wherefore is my sovereign the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto YAHWEH, that the plague may be stayed from the people. (22) And Araunah said unto David, Let my sovereign 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. (23) All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, YAHWEH thy Elohim accept thee. (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 YAHWEH my Elohim of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. (25) And David built there an altar unto YAHWEH, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So YAHWEH was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
(I) Now king David was old and
stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. (2) Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there
be sought for my sovereign 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
sovereign the king may get heat. (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. (4) And the
damsel was very fair, and cherished
the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. (5) Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted
himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and
fifty men to run before him. (6) And his father had not
displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? And he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare
him after Absalom. (7) And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah,
and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. (8) But Zadok
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei,
and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged
to David, were not with Adonijah. (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: (10) But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the
mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. (11) 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 sovereign knoweth it
not? (12) Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give
thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son
Solomon. (13) Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto
him, Didst not thou, my sovereign, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne? Why then doth Adonijah reign? (14) Behold,
while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and
confirm thy words. (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. (16) And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the
king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? (17)
And she said unto him, My sovereign, thou swarest by YAHWEH thy Elohim unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. (18)
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my sovereign the king, thou
knowest it not: (19) 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. (20) And thou, my sovereign, O king, the eyes of all
Israel are upon thee, that thou
shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my sovereign the king after
him. (21) Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my
sovereign the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon
shall be counted offenders. (22) And, lo, while she yet
talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. (23) And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan
the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the
king with his face to the ground. (24) And
Nathan said, My sovereign, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after
me, and he shall sit upon my throne? (25) For he
is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in
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, Elohim
save king Adonijah. (26) But me, even
me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. (27) Is this
thing done by my sovereign the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on
the throne of my sovereign the king after him? (28)
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the
king's presence, and stood before the king. (29) And the
king sware, and said, As YAHWEH
liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, (30) Even as I sware unto thee by YAHWEH Elohim 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. (31) Then Bathsheba bowed with
her face to the earth, and did
reverence to the king, and said, Let my sovereign king David live for ever. (32) And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest,
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before
the king. (33) The king also said unto them, Take with you the
servants of your sovereign, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own
mule, and bring him down to Gihon: (34) And let
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and
blow ye with the trumpet, and say, Elohim save king Solomon. (35) 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. (36) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the
king, and said, Amen: YAHWEH Elohim of
my sovereign the king say so too. (37) As YAHWEH hath been with my sovereign the king, even
so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my
sovereign king David. (38) 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. (39) 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, Elohim save king Solomon. (40) And all the people came up after him, and the
people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent
with the sound of them. (41) And Adonijah and all the
guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating.
And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an
uproar? (42) 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. (43) And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah,
Verily our sovereign king David hath made Solomon king. (44) And the king hath sent with him Zadok the
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the
Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the
king's mule: (45) And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have
anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that
the city rang again. This is the
noise that ye have heard. (46) And also Solomon sitteth
on the throne of the kingdom. (47) And moreover the king's
servants came to bless our sovereign king David, saying, Elohim
make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than
thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. (48) And also thus said the king, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, which hath given one to sit
on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. (49) And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his
way. (50) And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and
arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. (51) And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold,
Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the
altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his
servant with the sword. (52) And Solomon said, If he
will show 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. (53) 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.
(I) Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying, (2) I go the
way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; (3) And keep the charge of YAHWEH thy Elohim, 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: (4) That YAHWEH
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. (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. (6) Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. (7)
But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of
those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of
Absalom thy brother. (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 sware to
him by YAHWEH,
saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. (9) Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou
oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with
blood. (10) So David slept with his fathers, and was buried
in the city of David. (11) And the days that David
reigned over Israel were forty years:
seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem. (12) Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly. (13)
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And
she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. (14) He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And she said, Say on. (15) And he said, Thou knowest
that the kingdom was mine, and that all
Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is
turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from YAHWEH.
(16) And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.
And she said unto him, Say on. (17) And he said, Speak, I
pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give
me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. (18) And
Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. (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. (20) Then she said, I desire one small petition of
thee; I pray thee, say me not nay.
And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. (21) And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be
given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. (22) And king
Solomon 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. (23) Then king Solomon sware by YAHWEH, saying, Elohim do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah
have not spoken this word against his own life. (24)
Now therefore, as YAHWEH
liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father,
and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death
this day. (25) And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. (26) And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get
thee to 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 my Sovereign YAHWEH
before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my
father was afflicted. (27) So Solomon thrust out
Abiathar from being priest unto YAHWEH; that he might fulfil The Word of YAHWEH, which he spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. (28) Then
tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not
after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of YAHWEH, and caught hold on the
horns of the altar. (29) And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled
unto the tabernacle of YAHWEH; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
saying, Go, fall upon him. (30) And Benaiah came to the
tabernacle of YAHWEH,
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. (31) And the king said unto
him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take
away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my
father. (32) And YAHWEH 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. (33)
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of
his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and
upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from YAHWEH. (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. (35) And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in
his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
Abiathar. (36) And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not
forth thence any whither. (37) For 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. (38) And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my sovereign the king hath
said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. (39) And it came to pass at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. (40) And Shimei arose, and
saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei
went, and brought his servants from Gath. (41) And it
was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come
again. (42) And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by YAHWEH, 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. (43) Why then hast thou not
kept the oath of YAHWEH, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? (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 YAHWEH shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head; (45) And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established
before YAHWEH
for ever. (46) 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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH, and the wall of Jerusalem
round about. (2) Only the people sacrificed in high places,
because there was no house built unto the name of YAHWEH, until those days. (3) And Solomon loved YAHWEH, walking in the statutes of
David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. (4) And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there;
for that was the great high place: a
thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. (5) In Gibeon YAHWEH appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
and Elohim said, Ask what I shall
give thee. (6) And Solomon said, THOU hast showed 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. (7) And now, O YAHWEH
my Elohim,
THOU hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father: and I am but a
little child: I know not how to go
out or come in. (8) And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which THOU hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor
counted for multitude. (9) Give 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? (10) And the speech pleased my Sovereign , that Solomon had asked
this thing. (11) And Elohim
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; (12) 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. (13) And I
have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour:
so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. (14) And if thou wilt walk in MY ways, to keep MY statutes
and MY Commandments, as thy father
David did walk, then I will lengthen
thy days. (15) And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH, and offered up burnt
offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. (16) Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. (17) And the one woman said, O my sovereign, I and
this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the
house. (18) And it came to pass the third day after 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. (19) And this woman's child died in the night;
because she overlaid it. (20) And she arose at
midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid
it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. (21) And when I rose in the morning to give my child
suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold,
it was not my son, which I did bear. (22) And the
other woman said, Nay; but the living is my
son, and the dead is thy son. And
this said, No; but the dead is thy
son, and the living is my son. Thus
they spake before the king. (23) Then said the king, The
one saith, This is my son that
liveth, and thy son is the dead: and
the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living. (24) And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they
brought a sword before the king. (25) And the
king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half
to the other. (26) Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels
yearned upon her son, and she said, O my sovereign, 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. (27) Then the king answered and said, Give her the
living child, and in no wise slay it: she is
the mother thereof. (28) And all Israel heard of
the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw
that the wisdom of Elohim was in him, to do judgment.
(I) So king Solomon was king over all Israel. (2) And these were
the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, (3) Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. (4) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests: (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: (6) And Ahishar was
over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. (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. (8) And these are
their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: (9) The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and
Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: (10) The son
of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh,
and all the land of Hepher: (11) The son of Abinadab, in
all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (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: (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 brazen bars: (14) Ahinadab
the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: (15) Ahimaaz was
in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (16) Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: (17)
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: (18) Shimei
the son of ELAH,
in Benjamin: (19) Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in
the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. (20) Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is
by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. (21) And Solomon 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. (22) And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty
measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, (23) Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the
pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and
fatted fowl. (24) For he had dominion over all the region on this side the 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. (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. (26) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses
for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (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. (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. (29) And Elohim
gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart,
even as the sand that is on the sea
shore. (30) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all
the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. (31) For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the
Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame
was in all nations round about. (32) And he
spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. (33) And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that
springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of
creeping things, and of fishes. (34) And there
came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth,
which had heard of his wisdom.
(I) And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for
he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for
Hiram was ever a lover of David. (2) And
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, (3) THOU knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto
the name of YAHWEH
his Elohim
for the wars which were about him on every side, until YAHWEH put them under the soles of
his feet. (4) But now YAHWEH my Elohim hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor
evil occurrent. (5) And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto
the name of YAHWEH
my Elohim,
as YAHWEH
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. (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. (7) And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words
of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be YAHWEH
this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. (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. (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. (10) So Hiram
gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according
to all his desire. (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. (12) And YAHWEH gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him:
and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league
together. (13) And king Solomon raised a levy out of all
Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. (14)
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were
in Lebanon, and two months at home:
and Adoniram was over the levy. (15) And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that
bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; (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. (17) And the king commanded, and they brought great stones,
costly stones, and hewed stones, to
lay the foundation of the house. (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.
(I) And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year
after the Children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth
year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to
build the house of YAHWEH. (2) And the house
which king Solomon built for YAHWEH, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty
cubits. (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. (4) And for the house he made
windows of narrow lights. (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) 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. (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 ax nor any tool of
iron heard in the house, while it was in building. (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. (9) So he built the house, and finished it; and
covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. (10) And then he
built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the
house with timber of cedar. (11) And The
Word of YAHWEH came to Solomon, saying, (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: (13) And I will dwell among the Children of Israel, and will not forsake MY people Israel. (14) So Solomon built the house, and finished it. (15) And he built the walls of the house within with
boards of cedar, 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. (16) And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the
house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for
the most holy place. (17) And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. (18) And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers:
all was cedar; there was no stone
seen. (19) And the oracle he prepared in the house within,
to set there the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH. (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. (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. (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. (23) And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. (24) And five
cubits was the one wing of the
cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part
of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. (25) And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. (26) The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. (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. (28) And he
overlaid the cherubims with gold. (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. (30) And the floor of the house he overlaid with
gold, within and without. (31) And for the entering of
the oracle he made doors of olive
tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. (32) The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon
them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the
cherubims, and upon the palm trees. (33) So also
made he for the door of the temple posts of
olive tree, a fourth part of the
wall. (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. (35) And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved
work. (36) And he built the inner court with three rows of
hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. (37) In the
fourth year was the foundation of the house of YAHWEH laid, in the month Zif: (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.
(I) But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and
he finished all his house. (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. (3) And it was
covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. (4) And there were windows in three
rows, and light was against light in three ranks. (5) And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three
ranks. (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) 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. (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. (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. (10) And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and
stones of eight cubits. (11) And above were costly stones, after the measures
of hewed stones, and cedars. (12) And the great court round
about was with three rows of hewed
stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of YAHWEH,
and for the porch of the house. (13) And king
Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. (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. (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. (16) And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of
the one chapiter was five cubits, and
the height of the other chapiter was five
cubits: (17) 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. (18) And he made the pillars, and two rows round
about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other
chapiter. (19) And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. (20) And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over
against the belly which was by the
network: and the pomegranates were two
hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. (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. (22) And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the
pillars finished. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner: they
had borders, and the borders were between
the ledges: (29) And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions,
oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there
was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. (30) And every base had four brazen wheels, and
plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver
were undersetters molten, at the side
of every addition. (31) And the mouth of it within the chapiter and
above was a cubit: but the mouth
thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and
an half: and also upon the mouth of it were
gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. (32) And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height
of a wheel was a cubit and half a
cubit. (33) And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their
naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were
all molten. (34) And there
were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. (35) And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of
the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. (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. (37) After this manner
he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. (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. (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. (40) And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and
the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king
Solomon for the house of YAHWEH: (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; (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; (43) And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; (44) And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; (45) And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins:
and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of YAHWEH,
were of bright brass. (46) In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them,
in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. (47)
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed,
because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found
out. (48) And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of YAHWEH:
the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the showbread was, (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,
(50) And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins,
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. (51) So was ended all the work that king Solomon made
for the house of YAHWEH. 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 YAHWEH.
(I) 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 YAHWEH
out of the city of David, which is Zion.
(2) And all the men of Israel assembled themselves
unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. (3) And all
the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. (4) And they brought up the ark of YAHWEH,
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. (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. (6) And the priests brought in the Ark of the
Covenant of YAHWEH
unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the
cherubims. (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) And they drew out the staves, that the ends of
the staves were seen out in the holy place
before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto
this day. (9) There was nothing
in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when YAHWEH
made a covenant with the Children of
Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. (10) And
it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house
of YAHWEH,
(11) So that the priests could not stand to minister
because of the cloud: for the glory of YAHWEH had filled the house of YAHWEH.
(12) Then spake Solomon, YAHWEH said that he would dwell in
the thick darkness. (13) I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a
settled place for thee to abide in for ever. (14)
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel:
(and all the congregation of Israel stood;) (15) And he
said, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his
hand fulfilled it, saying, (16) Since the day that I brought forth MY
people Israel out of Egypt, I chose
no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that MY name might be therein; but I chose David to be over MY people Israel. (17) And it was in the heart of David my father to
build an house for the name of YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (18) And YAHWEH 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. (19) Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but
thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto MY name. (20)
And YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH promised, and have built an
house for the name of YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (21) And I have set there a place for the ark,
wherein is the covenant of YAHWEH,
which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. (22) And Solomon stood before the altar of YAHWEH
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven: (23) And he said, YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, there is no elohim 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: (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. (25) Therefore now, YAHWEH Elohim
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. (26) And now,
O Elohim
of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which THOU spakest unto thy servant David my
father. (27) But will Elohim
indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot
contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? (28) Yet have THOU
respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O YAHWEH
my Elohim,
to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before
thee to day: (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. (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. (31) If any man trespass against his neighbour, and
an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine
altar in this house: (32) Then hear THOU in heaven, and do, and judge thy
servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying
the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. (33) When thy people Israel be smitten down before
the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee,
and confess THY name, and pray, and
make supplication unto thee in this house: (34) Then
hear THOU in heaven, and forgive the
sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which THOU gavest unto their fathers. (35) When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and
confess THY name, and turn from
their sin, when THOU afflictest
them: (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. (37) If there be in the land famine, if there be
pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if
there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there
be; (38) What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague
of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: (39) Then hear THOU
in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and 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;) (40) That they may fear thee all the days that they
live in the land which THOU gavest
unto our fathers. (41) Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh
out of a far country for THY name’s sake;
(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; (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. (44) If thy people go out to battle against their
enemy, whithersoever THOU shalt send
them, and shall pray unto YAHWEH toward the city which THOU hast chosen, and toward the
house that I have built for THY name:
(45) Then hear THOU
in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. (46) If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and THOU be angry with them, and deliver
them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the
enemy, far or near; (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; (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: (49) Then hear THOU their prayer and their
supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, (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: (51) For they be thy people, and thine inheritance,
which THOU broughtest forth out of
Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: (52)
That thine eyes may be open unto 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. (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 my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(54) And it was so,
that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and
supplication unto YAHWEH, he arose from before the altar of YAHWEH,
from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. (55) And he stood, and blessed all the congregation
of Israel with a loud voice, saying, (56) Blessed be YAHWEH, 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. (57) YAHWEH our Elohim be with us, as he was with our fathers:
let him not leave us, nor forsake us: (58) That he
may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep HIS Commandments, and HIS statutes, and his judgments, which
he commanded our fathers. (59) And let these my words,
wherewith I have made supplication before YAHWEH, be nigh unto YAHWEH our Elohim 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: (60) That all
the people of the earth may know that YAHWEH is Elohim,
and that there is none else. (61) Let your heart therefore be perfect with YAHWEH
our Elohim,
to walk in HIS statutes, and to keep
HIS Commandments, as at this day. (62) And the king, and all Israel with him, offered
sacrifice before YAHWEH. (63) And Solomon offered a
sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH. (64) The same
day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of YAHWEH for there he offered burnt offerings, and
meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar
that was before YAHWEH was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings,
and the fat of the peace offerings. (65) And at
that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation,
from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before YAHWEH
our Elohim,
seven days and seven days, even fourteen
days. (66) On the eighth day he sent the people away: and
they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for
all the goodness that YAHWEH had done for David his servant, and for
Israel his people.
(I) And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building
of the house of YAHWEH,
and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, (2) That YAHWEH appeared to Solomon the second time, as he
had appeared unto him at Gibeon. (3) And YAHWEH
said unto him, I have heard thy
prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before ME: I have hallowed this
house, which thou hast built, to put MY
name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually. (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:
(5) Then I
will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying,
There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. (6) But if
ye shall at all turn from following ME,
ye or your children, and will not keep MY
Commandments and MY statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other elohim, and worship
them: (7) Then will I
cut off Israel out of the land which I
have given them; and this house, which I
have hallowed for MY name, will I cast out of MY sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all
people: (8) And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished,
and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath YAHWEH done thus unto this land,
and to this house? (9) And they shall answer, Because they forsook YAHWEH
their Elohim,
who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold
upon other elohim, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath YAHWEH
brought upon them all this evil. (10) And it
came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses,
the house of YAHWEH,
and the king's house, (11) (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees
and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. (12) And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities
which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. (13) And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them
the land of Cabul unto this day. (14) And
Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. (15)
And this is the reason of the levy
which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of YAHWEH, and his own house, and
Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. (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. (17) And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the
nether, (18) And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in
the land, (19) And all the cities of store that Solomon had,
and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which
Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of
his dominion. (20) And all
the people that were left of the
Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the Children of Israel, (21) Their children that were left after them in the
land, whom the Children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon
those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. (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. (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. (24) But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city
of David unto her house which Solomon had
built for her: then did he build Millo. (25) And
three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings
upon the altar which he built unto YAHWEH, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before YAHWEH. So he finished the house. (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. (27)
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea,
with the servants of Solomon. (28) And they came to Ophir,
and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
(I) And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of YAHWEH, she came to prove him with hard
questions. (2) And she came to Jerusalem with a very great
train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones:
and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her
heart. (3) And Solomon told her all her questions: there
was not any thing hid from the king,
which he told her not. (4) And when the queen of
Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, (5) And the meat of his table, and the sitting of
his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his
cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of YAHWEH;
there was no more spirit in her. (6) And she
said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy
acts and of thy wisdom. (7) Howbeit I 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. (8) Happy are thy men, happy are these
thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. (9) Blessed be
YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because YAHWEH
loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
(10) And she gave the king an hundred and twenty
talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there
came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to
king Solomon. (11) And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold
from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious
stones. (12) And the king made of the almug trees pillars for
the house of YAHWEH,
and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no
such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. (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. (14) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in
one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, (15) Beside that
he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and
of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. (16) And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. (17) And he
made three hundred shields of beaten
gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the
house of the forest of Lebanon. (18) Moreover
the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. (19) The throne had six steps, and the top of the
throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the
place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. (20) And twelve lions stood there on the one side and
on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. (21) And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the
house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure
gold; none were of silver: it was
nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. (22)
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in
three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and
apes, and peacocks. (23) So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the
earth for riches and for wisdom. (24) And all
the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which Elohim
had put in his heart. (25) And they brought every
man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and
armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. (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. (27) And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. (28) And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and
linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. (29) And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for
six hundred shekels of silver, and an
horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, did they bring them
out by their means.
(I) But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the
daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; (2) Of the nations concerning which YAHWEH 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 elohim:
Solomon clave unto these in love. (3) And he
had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his
wives turned away his heart. (4) For it came to pass, when
Solomon was old, that his wives
turned away his heart after other elohim: and his heart was not perfect with YAHWEH
his Elohim,
as was the heart of David his father.
(5) For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of
the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (6) And Solomon did evil in the sight of YAHWEH,
and went not fully after YAHWEH, as did
David his father. (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. (8) And
likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed
unto their elohim. (9) And YAHWEH was angry with Solomon, because his heart
was turned from YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, which had appeared unto
him twice, (10) And had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other elohim: but he kept not that which YAHWEH
commanded. (11) Wherefore YAHWEH 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. (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. (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. (14) And YAHWEH stirred up an adversary unto
Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of
the king's seed in Edom. (15) For it came to pass, when
David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the
slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; (16)
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off
every male in Edom:) (17) That Hadad fled, he and
certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. (18) And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran:
and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave
him land. (19) And Hadad found great favour in the sight of
Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of
Tahpenes the queen. (20) And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his
son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's
household among the sons of Pharaoh. (21) And when
Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the
captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may
go to mine own country. (22) Then Pharaoh said unto
him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to
thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. (23) And Elohim
stirred him up another adversary,
Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his sovereign Hadadezer king of
Zobah: (24) And he gathered men unto him, and became captain
over a band, when David slew them of
Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in
Damascus. (25) And he was an adversary to Israel all the days
of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did:
and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. (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. (27) And this
was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built
Millo, and repaired the breaches of
the city of David his father. (28) And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon
seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the
charge of the house of Joseph. (29) And it came to pass at
that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the
Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and
they two were alone in the field: (30) And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: (31) And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces:
for thus saith YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of Israel, Behold, I will rend the
kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: (32) (But he shall have one tribe for MY servant David's sake, and for
Jerusalem's sake, the city which I
have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) (33)
Because that they have forsaken ME,
and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the elohim
of the Moabites, and Milcom the elohim 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. (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: (35) But I
will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. (36) And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David MY
servant may have a light alway before ME
in Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen ME to put MY name there. (37) And I
will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth,
and shalt be king over Israel. (38) And it shall be, if thou
wilt hearken unto all that I 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. (39)
And I will for this afflict the seed
of David, but not for ever. (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. (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? (42)
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. (43) And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
stead.
(I) And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to
Shechem to make him king. (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;) (3) That they sent and called
him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto
Rehoboam, saying, (4) Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore
make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put
upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. (5) And he
said unto them, Depart yet for three
days, then come again to me. And the people departed. (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? (7) And they
spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day,
and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they
will be thy servants for ever. (8) But he forsook the counsel
of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that
were grown up with him, and which
stood before him: (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? (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. (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) 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. (13) And the king answered the people roughly, and
forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; (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. (15)
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from YAHWEH,
that he might perform his saying, which YAHWEH spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto
Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (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. (17) But as for
the Children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned
over them. (18) Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the 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. (19)
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. (20) And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that
Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation,
and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of
David, but the tribe of Judah only. (21) And when
Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the House of Judah, 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. (22) But the word of Elohim came unto Shemaiah the man of Elohim, saying, (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, (24) Thus saith YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH, and returned to depart, according to The Word of YAHWEH.
(25) Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and
dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
kingdom return to the house of David: (27) If this
people go up to do sacrifice in the house of YAHWEH at Jerusalem, then shall the
heart of this people turn again unto their sovereign, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go
again to Rehoboam king of Judah. (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 elohim, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land
of Egypt. (29) And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put
he in Dan. (30) And this thing became a sin: for the people went
to worship before the one, even unto Dan. (31) And he made an house of high places, and made
priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. (32) And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth
month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he 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. (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.
(I) And, behold, there came a man of Elohim
out of Judah by The Word of YAHWEH unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the
altar to burn incense. (2) And he cried against the
altar in The Word of YAHWEH, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith YAHWEH;
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. (3) And he
gave a sign the same day, saying, This is
the sign which YAHWEH hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be
rent, and the ashes that are upon it
shall be poured out. (4) And it came to pass, when
king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of Elohim,
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. (5) The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured
out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of Elohim
had given by The Word of YAHWEH. (6) And the
king answered and said unto the man of Elohim,
Entreat now the face of YAHWEH thy
Elohim, and pray for me, that my hand may
be restored me again. And the man of Elohim
besought YAHWEH,
and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. (7) And the king said unto the
man of Elohim, Come home with me, and
refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. (8)
And the man of Elohim
said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in
with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: (9) For so was it charged me by The Word of YAHWEH, saying, Eat no
bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. (10) So he went another way, and returned not by the
way that he came to Bethel. (11) Now there dwelt an old
prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of
Elohim had done that day in Bethel: the words
which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. (12) And their father said unto them, What way went
he? For his sons had seen what way the man of Elohim
went, which came from Judah. (13) And he said unto his
sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, (14) And went after the man of Elohim,
and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of Elohim
that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
(15) Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and
eat bread. (16) And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go
in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
(17) For it was said to me by The Word of YAHWEH, Thou shalt eat
no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou
camest. (18) He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art;
and an angel spake unto me by The
Word of YAHWEH, saying, Bring him back with
thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. (19) So he went back with him, and did eat bread in
his house, and drank water. (20) And it came to pass, as
they sat at the table, that The Word of YAHWEH came unto the prophet that brought him
back: (21) And he cried unto the man of Elohim that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH,
Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of YAHWEH, and hast not kept the
commandment which YAHWEH thy
Elohim commanded thee, (22) But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk
water in the place, of the which YAHWEH did say to thee, Eat no bread, and
drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. (23) And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread,
and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. (24) And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way,
and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the
lion also stood by the carcase. (25) And,
behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion
standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. (26) And when the prophet that brought him back from
the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of Elohim,
who was disobedient unto The Word of YAHWEH: therefore YAHWEH hath delivered him unto the
lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to The Word of YAHWEH, which he spake
unto him. (27) And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the
ass. And they saddled him. (28) And he went and found his carcase cast in the
way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the
carcase, nor torn the ass. (29) And the prophet took up
the carcase of the man of Elohim,
and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the
city, to mourn and to bury him. (30) And he
laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! (31) And it came to pass, after he had buried him,
that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the
sepulchre wherein the man of Elohim is buried; lay my bones beside his
bones: (32) For the saying which he cried by The Word of YAHWEH
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. (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. (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.
(I) At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. (2) And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray
thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam;
and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah
the prophet, which told me that I should
be king over this people. (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. (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. (5) And YAHWEH 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. (6) And it was so,
when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that
he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? For I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. (7) Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people,
and made thee prince over MY people
Israel, (8) And rent the kingdom away from the house of
David, and gave it thee: and yet thou
hast not been as MY servant David,
who kept MY Commandments, and who
followed ME with all his heart, to
do that only which was right in MINE
eyes; (9) But hast done evil above all that were before
thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other elohim, and molten images, to
provoke ME to anger, and hast cast ME behind thy back: (10) Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from
Jeroboam 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. (11) Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the
dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for YAHWEH
hath spoken it. (12) Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own
house: and when thy feet enter into
the city, the child shall die. (13) And all Israel shall
mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave,
because in him there is found some good
thing toward YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. (14) Moreover YAHWEH shall raise him up a king over Israel, who
shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? Even now. (15) For YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH to anger. (16)
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and
who made Israel to sin. (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; (18) And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for
him, according to The Word of YAHWEH, which he spake by the hand of his servant
Ahijah the prophet. (19) And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he
warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. (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. (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 YAHWEH
did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his
mother's name was Naamah an
Ammonitess. (22) And Judah did evil in the sight of YAHWEH,
and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed,
above all that their fathers had done. (23) For they
also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and
under every green tree. (24) And there were also
sodomites in the land: and they did
according to all the abominations of the nations which YAHWEH cast out before the Children
of Israel. (25) And it came to pass in the fifth year of king
Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem: (26) And he took away the
treasures of the house of YAHWEH, and the treasures of the king's house; he
even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had
made. (27) And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields,
and committed them unto the hands of
the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. (28) And it was so,
when the king went into the house of YAHWEH, that the guard bare them, and brought
them back into the guard chamber. (29) Now the
rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? (30) And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
all their days. (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.
(I) Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah. (2) Three years reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah,
the daughter of Abishalom. (3) And he walked in all the
sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect
with YAHWEH
his Elohim,
as the heart of David his father. (4) Nevertheless
for David's sake did YAHWEH his Elohim give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up
his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: (5)
Because David did that which was right
in the eyes of YAHWEH,
and turned not aside from any thing that
he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the
Hittite. (6) And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
all the days of his life. (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. (8) And
Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and
Asa his son reigned in his stead. (9) And in
the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. (10) And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Maachah,
the daughter of Abishalom. (11) And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of YAHWEH,
as did David his father. (12) And he took away the sodomites out of the land,
and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. (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. (14) But the high places were not removed:
nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with YAHWEH all his days. (15) And he brought in the things which his father
had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of YAHWEH,
silver, and gold, and vessels. (16) And there was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. (17)
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might
not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. (18) Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the
house of YAHWEH,
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, (19) 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. (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. (21) And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of
Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. (22) Then king Asa made a
proclamation 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. (23) The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his
might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. (24) And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried
with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son
reigned in his stead. (25) And Nadab the son of
Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah,
and reigned over Israel two years. (26) And he
did evil in the sight of YAHWEH, and walked in the way of his father, and
in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. (27) And
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and
Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged
to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. (28) Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did
Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. (29) And it
came to pass, 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 YAHWEH, which he spake by his
servant Ahijah the Shilonite: (30) Because of the sins of
Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation
wherewith he provoked YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel to anger. (31) Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that
he did, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (32)
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. (33) In the third year of Asa king of Judah began
Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four
years. (34) And he did evil in the sight of YAHWEH,
and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
sin.
(I) Then The Word of YAHWEH came to Jehu the son of Hanani against
Baasha, saying, (2) Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over MY people Israel; and thou hast walked
in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made MY
people Israel to sin, to provoke ME
to anger with their sins; (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. (4) Him that dieth of Baasha
in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall
the fowls of the air eat. (5) Now the rest of the acts
of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (6) So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried
in Tirzah: and ELAH
his son reigned in his stead. (7) And also by the hand of
the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came The
Word of YAHWEH against Baasha, and against
his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of YAHWEH,
in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house
of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. (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. (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. (10) And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him,
in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. (11) And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as
soon as he sat on his throne, that he
slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall,
neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. (12)
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to The Word of YAHWEH,
which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, (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 YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel to anger with their
vanities. (14) Now the rest of the acts of ELAH, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? (15) In the
twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in
Tirzah. And the people were encamped
against Gibbethon, which belonged to
the Philistines. (16) And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also
slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king
over Israel that day in the camp. (17) And Omri
went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. (18) And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the
city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the
king's house over him with fire, and died, (19) For his
sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of YAHWEH, in walking in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. (20) Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his
treason that he wrought, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (21) Then were the people of Israel divided into two
parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king;
and half followed Omri. (22) But the people that
followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of
Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. (23) In the
thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel,
twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. (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. (25) But Omri
wrought evil in the eyes of YAHWEH, and did worse than all that were before him. (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 YAHWEH Elohim of Israel to anger with their vanities. (27) Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did,
and his might that he showed, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (28) So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried
in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (29) And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of
Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri
reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (30) And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight
of YAHWEH
above all that were before him. (31) And it came to pass, as if it had been a light
thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to
wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served
Baal, and worshipped him. (32) And he reared up an altar
for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. (33) And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to
provoke YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel to anger than all the
kings of Israel that were before him. (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 YAHWEH,
which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
(I) And Eliyah the Tishbite, who
was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel liveth, before whom I
stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. (2) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto him, saying, (3) Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide
thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before
Jordan. (4) And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. (5) So he went and did according unto The Word of YAHWEH:
for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (6) And the ravens brought him
bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he
drank of the brook. (7) And it came to pass after a while, that the
brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. (8) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto him, saying, (9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold, I have commanded a widow
woman there to sustain thee. (10) So he arose and went to
Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, 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. (11) And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. (12) And she said, As YAHWEH
thy Elohim
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. (13) And Eliyah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me
thereof a little cake first, and bring it
unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. (14) For thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil
fail, until the day that YAHWEH
sendeth rain upon the earth. (15) And she went and did
according to the saying of Eliyah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. (16) And the
barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to The Word of YAHWEH,
which he spake by Eliyah. (17) And it came to pass after
these things, that the son of the
woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that
there was no breath left in him. (18) And she
said unto Eliyah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of Elohim? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to
remembrance, and to slay my son? (19) And he
said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried
him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. (20) And he cried unto YAHWEH, and said, O YAHWEH
my Elohim,
hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her
son? (21) And he stretched himself upon the child three
times, and cried unto YAHWEH, and said, O YAHWEH my Elohim, I pray thee, let this
child's soul come into him again. (22) And YAHWEH
heard the voice of Eliyah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and
he revived. (23) And Eliyah took the child, and brought him down
out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and
Eliyah said, See, thy son liveth. (24) And the
woman said to Eliyah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of Elohim, and that The Word of YAHWEH in thy mouth is truth.
(I) And it came to pass after
many days, that The Word of YAHWEH came to Eliyah in the third year, saying,
Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I
will send rain upon the earth. (2) And Eliyah went to show
himself unto Ahab. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria. (3) And Ahab called Obadiah,
which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared YAHWEH
greatly: (4) For it was so,
when Jezebel cut off the prophets of YAHWEH, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets,
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) (5) And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go 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. (6) So they divided the land between them to pass
throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by
himself. (7) And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliyah
met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my sovereign Eliyah? (8)
And he answered him, I am: go, tell
thy sovereign, Behold, Eliyah is here.
(9) And he said, What have I sinned, that thou
wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? (10) As YAHWEH thy Elohim
liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my sovereign 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. (11) And now
thou sayest, Go, tell thy sovereign, Behold, Eliyah is here. (12) And it shall come to
pass, as soon as I am gone from thee,
that the spirit of YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH from my youth. (13) Was it not told my sovereign what I did when
Jezebel slew the prophets of YAHWEH, how I hid an hundred men of YAHWEH’S
prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? (14) And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy sovereign,
Behold, Eliyah is here: and he shall
slay me. (15) And Eliyah said, As YAHWEH
of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to
day. (16) So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and
Ahab went to meet Eliyah. (17) And it came to pass, when
Ahab saw Eliyah, that Ahab said unto him, Art
thou he that troubleth Israel? (18) And he
answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that
ye have forsaken the commandments of YAHWEH, and thou hast followed Baalim. (19) Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of
Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which
eat at Jezebel's table. (20) So Ahab sent unto all the
Children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. (21) And Eliyah came unto all the people, and said,
How long halt ye between two opinions? If YAHWEH be Elohim,
follow him: but if Baal, then follow
him. And the people answered him not a word. (22)
Then said Eliyah unto the people, I, even
I only, remain a prophet of YAHWEH; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. (23) Let them
therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for 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: (24) And call ye on the name of your elohim, and I
will call on the name of YAHWEH: and the Elohim that answereth by fire, let
him be Elohim.
And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. (25) And Eliyah 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 elohim, but put no fire under. (26) And they took the bullock which was given them,
and they dressed it, and called on
the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that
answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. (27) And it came to pass at noon, that Eliyah mocked
them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is an
Elohim;
either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be
awaked. (28) And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after
their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. (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. (30) And
Eliyah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came
near unto him. And he repaired the altar of YAHWEH that was broken down. (31) And
Eliyah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, unto whom The Word of YAHWEH came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: (32) And with the stones he built an altar in the
name of YAHWEH:
and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of
seed. (33) And he put the wood in order, and cut the
bullock in pieces, and laid him on
the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. (34) And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it
the third time. (35) And the water ran round about the altar; and he
filled the trench also with water. (36) And it
came to pass at the time of the
offering of the evening sacrifice,
that Eliyah the prophet came near, and said, YAHWEH Elohim
of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art Elohim in Israel, and that I am thy servant,
and that I have done all these things
at thy word. (37) Hear me, O YAHWEH, hear me, that this people may know that
thou art YAHWEH Elohim,
and that THOU hast turned their heart back again. (38) Then the fire of YAHWEH 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. (39) And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, YAHWEH, he is the Elohim; YAHWEH, he is
the Elohim.
(40) And Eliyah said unto them, Take the prophets of
Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Eliyah brought them
down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (41)
And Eliyah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. (42) So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Eliyah
went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put
his face between his knees, (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. (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. (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. (46) And the hand of YAHWEH
was on Eliyah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance
of Jezreel.
(I) And Ahab told Jezebel all that Eliyah had done, and withal
how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. (2) Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Eliyah,
saying, So let the elohim do to me, and
more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about
this time. (3) And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which
belongeth to Judah, and left his servant
there. (4) But he himself went a day's journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for
himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O YAHWEH, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (5) And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,
behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (6)
And he looked, and, behold, there was a
cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and
drink, and laid him down again. (7) And the
angel of YAHWEH
came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. (8) And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in
the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of Elohim. (9) And he
came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, The Word of YAHWEH came to him, and he said unto him, What
doest thou here, Eliyah? (10) And he said, I have been
very jealous for YAHWEH Elohim 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. (11) And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount
before YAHWEH.
And, behold, YAHWEH
passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces
the rocks before YAHWEH; but YAHWEH was not in the wind: and after the wind
an earthquake; but YAHWEH was not in the earthquake: (12) And after the earthquake a fire; but YAHWEH was not
in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. (13) And it was so,
when Eliyah 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, Eliyah? (14) And he said, I have been very jealous for YAHWEH Elohim 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. (15)
And YAHWEH
said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when
thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king
over Syria: (16) And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the
son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. (17) And it
shall come to pass, that him that
escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the
sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. (18) Yet I have left ME seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto
Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (19)
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before
him, and he with the twelfth: and Eliyah passed by him, and cast his mantle
upon him. (20) And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliyah, and
said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said
unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? (21) And he returned 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
Eliyah, and ministered unto him.
(I) 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. (2) And he
sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus
saith Benhadad, (3) Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
(4) And the king of Israel answered and said, My
sovereign, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. (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; (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. (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. (8) And all the elders and all the people said unto
him, Hearken not unto him, nor
consent. (9) Wherefore he said unto the messengers of
Benhadad, Tell my sovereign the king, All that thou didst send for to thy
servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers
departed, and brought him word again. (10) And
Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The elohim do so unto me, and more also, if
the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow
me. (11) And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that
putteth it off. (12) And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto
his servants, Set yourselves in array. And
they set themselves in array against
the city. (13) And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king
of Israel, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?
Behold, I will deliver it into thine
hand this day; and thou shalt know that I
am YAHWEH. (14)
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith YAHWEH, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he
said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. (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. (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. (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. (18) And he
said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be
come out for war, take them alive. (19) So these
young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army
which followed them. (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. (21)
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew
the Syrians with a great slaughter. (22) And the
prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself,
and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of
Syria will come up against thee. (23) And the
servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their elohim are elohim of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but
let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than
they. (24) And do this thing, Take the kings away, every
man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: (25) And number thee an army, like the army that thou
hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against
them in the plain, and surely we
shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. (26) And it came to pass at the return of the year,
that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against
Israel. (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.
(28) And there came a man of Elohim,
and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith YAHWEH, Because the Syrians have
said, YAHWEH
is Elohim of the hills, but he is not Elohim of the valleys, therefore
will I deliver all this great
multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (34) And Benhadad
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.
(35) And a certain man of the sons of the prophets
said unto his neighbour in The Word of YAHWEH, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
refused to smite him. (36) Then said he unto him,
Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of YAHWEH, behold, as soon as thou art departed from
me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion
found him, and slew him. (37) Then he found another
man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting
he wounded him. (38) So the prophet departed, and waited for the king
by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. (39) And as the king passed by, he cried unto the
king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and,
behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man:
if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else
thou shalt pay a talent of silver. (40) And as
thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto
him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. (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. (42) And he said unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH,
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. (43) And the king of Israel went to his house heavy
and displeased, and came to Samaria.
(I) And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of
Ahab king of Samaria. (2) And Ahab spake unto
Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs,
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. (3) And Naboth said to Ahab, YAHWEH forbid it me, that I should
give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. (4)
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which
Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee
the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned
away his face, and would eat no bread. (5) But
Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that
thou eatest no bread? (6) And he said unto her,
Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy
vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he
answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. (7) And
Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel?
Arise, and eat bread, and let thine
heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. (8) So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters
unto the elders and to the nobles that were
in his city, dwelling with Naboth. (9) And she
wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people: (10) And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to
bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme Elohim
and the king. And then carry him out,
and stone him, that he may die. (11) And the
men of his city, even the elders and
the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto
them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. (12) They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high
among the people. (13) And there came in two men, children of Belial,
and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of
the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme Elohim
and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with
stones, that he died. (14) Then they sent to
Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. (15)
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead,
that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive,
but dead. (16) And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth
was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
to take possession of it. (17) And The Word of YAHWEH came to Eliyah
the Tishbite, saying, (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. (19) And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus
saith YAHWEH,
Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,
saying, Thus saith YAHWEH, In the place where dogs licked the blood
of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. (20)
And Ahab said to Eliyah, 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 YAHWEH. (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, (22) And will make thine house like the house of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for
the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. (23)
And of Jezebel also spake YAHWEH, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the
wall of Jezreel. (24) Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs
shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. (25) But there was none like unto Ahab, which did
sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of YAHWEH, whom Jezebel his wife
stirred up. (26) And he did very abominably in following idols,
according to all things as did the
Amorites, whom YAHWEH
cast out before the Children of Israel. (27) And it
came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. (28) And The
Word of YAHWEH came to Eliyah the Tishbite,
saying, (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.
(I) And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. (2) And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. (3) And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? (4) And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. (5) And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at The Word of YAHWEH to day. (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 my Sovereign shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (7) And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of YAHWEH besides, that we might inquire of him? (8) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of YAHWEH: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. (9) Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. (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. (11) And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith YAHWEH, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. (12) And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for YAHWEH shall deliver it into the king's hand. (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. (14) And Micaiah said, As YAHWEH liveth, what YAHWEH saith unto me, that will I speak. (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 YAHWEH shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (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 YAHWEH? (17) And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and YAHWEH said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. (18) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? (19) And he said, Hear thou therefore The Word of YAHWEH: I saw YAHWEH sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. (20) And YAHWEH 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. (21) And there came forth a spirit, and stood before YAHWEH, and said, I will persuade him. (22) And YAHWEH 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 persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. (23) Now therefore, behold, YAHWEH hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and YAHWEH hath spoken evil concerning thee. (24) But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of YAHWEH from me to speak unto thee? (25) And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. (26) And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; (27) And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. (28) And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, YAHWEH hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. (29) So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. (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. (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. (32) And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. (33) And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. (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. (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. (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. (37) So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. (38) And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto The Word of YAHWEH which he spake. (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? (40) So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. (41) And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (42) Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (43) And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of YAHWEH: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. (44) And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. (45) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (46) And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. (47) There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. (48) Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. (49) Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. (50) And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (51) Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. (52) And he did evil in the sight of YAHWEH, 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: (53) For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
(I) Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (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, inquire of
Baalzebub the elohim of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. (3) But the angel of YAHWEH said to Eliyah 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 an Elohim in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the elohim of Ekron? (4) Now therefore thus saith YAHWEH, Thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Eliyah
departed. (5) And when the messengers turned back unto him, he
said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? (6) And they
said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again
unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH, Is it not because there is not
an Elohim
in Israel, that thou sendest to
inquire of Baalzebub the elohim of Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (7) And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and
told you these words? (8) And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a
girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Eliyah the Tishbite. (9) Then the
king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him:
and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of Elohim, the king hath said, Come down. (10) And Eliyah answered and said to the captain of
fifty, If I be a man of Elohim, 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. (11) Again also he sent unto him another captain of
fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of Elohim, thus hath the king said, Come down
quickly. (12) And Eliyah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of Elohim,
let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of
Elohim came down from heaven, and consumed him
and his fifty. (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 Eliyah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of Elohim, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of
these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. (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. (15) And the
angel of YAHWEH
said unto Eliyah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and
went down with him unto the king. (16) And he
said unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to
inquire of Baalzebub the elohim of Ekron, is
it not because there is no Elohim
in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore thou shalt not come down off that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (17) So he died according to The Word of YAHWEH which Eliyah 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. (18) Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he
did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(I) And it came to pass, when YAHWEH would take up Eliyah into
heaven by a whirlwind, that Eliyah went with Elisha from Gilgal. (2) And Eliyah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray
thee; for YAHWEH
hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto
him, As YAHWEH
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. (3) And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and
said unto him, Knowest thou that YAHWEH will take away thy master from thy head to
day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold
ye your peace. (4) And Eliyah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I
pray thee; for YAHWEH
hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As YAHWEH
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. (5)
And the sons of the prophets that were at
Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that YAHWEH
will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. (6) And Eliyah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee,
here; for YAHWEH
hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As YAHWEH
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. And they two went on. (7) And fifty
men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two
stood by Jordan. (8) And Eliyah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and
they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
(9) And it came to pass, when they were gone over,
that Eliyah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken
away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon me. (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.
(11) 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 Eliyah
went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (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. (13) He took up also the mantle of Eliyah that fell
from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; (14) and he took the mantle of Eliyah that fell from
him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is
YAHWEH
Elohim of Eliyah? And when he also had
smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. (15) And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they
said, The spirit of Eliyah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and
bowed themselves to the ground before him. (16) And they
said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let
them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the spirit of YAHWEH
hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he
said, Ye shall not send. (17) And when they urged him
till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they
sought three days, but found him not. (18) And when
they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I
not say unto you, Go not? (19) And the men of the city
said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my sovereign seeth: but
the water is nought, and the ground
barren. (20) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt
therein. And they brought it to him. (21) And he went forth unto the spring of the waters,
and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith YAHWEH, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more
death or barren land. (22) So the waters were healed unto this day,
according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. (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. (24) And he turned back, and looked on them, and
cursed them in the name of YAHWEH. And there came forth two she bears out of
the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. (25) And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and
from thence he returned to Samaria.
(I) 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. (2) And he wrought evil in the sight of YAHWEH;
but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal
that his father had made. (3) Nevertheless he cleaved
unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom. (4) 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. (5)
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against
the king of Israel. (6) And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same
time, and numbered all Israel. (7) And he went and 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. (8) And he said, Which way
shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. (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. (10) And the king of Israel said, Alas! That YAHWEH
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! (11) But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of YAHWEH, that we may inquire of YAHWEH
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 Eliyah. (12) And
Jehoshaphat said, The Word of YAHWEH is with him. So the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. (13) And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What
have I to do with thee? Get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the
prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for YAHWEH
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. (14) And Elisha said, As YAHWEH
of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the
presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor
see thee. (15) But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to
pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of YAHWEH came upon him. (16) And he said, Thus saith YAHWEH, Make this valley full of
ditches. (17) For thus saith YAHWEH, 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. (18) And this is but
a light thing in the sight of YAHWEH: he will deliver the Moabites also into
your hand. (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. (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. (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
armour, and upward, and stood in the border. (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: (23) And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain,
and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. (24) And when they came to the camp of Israel, the
Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but
they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. (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. (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. (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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH: and the creditor is come to take unto him
my two sons to be bondmen. (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. (3) Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of
all thy neighbours, even empty
vessels; borrow not a few. (4) And when thou art come in,
thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into
all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. (5) So she went from him, and shut the door upon her
and upon her sons, who brought the
vessels to her; and she poured out. (6) And it
came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me
yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There
is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. (7)
Then she came and told the man of Elohim.
And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children
of the rest. (8) And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to
Shunem, where was a great woman; and
she constrained him to eat bread. And so it
was, that as oft as he passed by, he
turned in thither to eat bread. (9) And she
said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of Elohim,
which passeth by us continually. (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. (11)
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and
lay there. (12) And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this
Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. (13) And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold,
thou hast 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. (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. (15) And he said, Call her.
And when he had called her, she stood in the door. (16) And he said, About this season, according to the
time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my sovereign, thou man of Elohim,
do not lie unto thine handmaid. (17) And the
woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her,
according to the time of life. (18) And when the child was
grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. (19) And he said unto his father, My head, my head.
And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. (20)
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees
till noon, and then died. (21) And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the
man of Elohim, and shut the door upon him, and went out. (22) And she called unto her husband, and said, Send
me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to
the man of Elohim, and come again. (23) And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to
day? It is neither new moon, nor Sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. (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. (25) So she
went and came unto the man of Elohim to
mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of Elohim
saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: (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. (27) And when she came to the man of Elohim to the hill, she caught him by the feet:
but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of Elohim
said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed
within her: and YAHWEH
hath hid it from me, and hath not
told me. (28) Then she said, Did I desire a son of my
sovereign? Did I not say, Do not deceive me? (29)
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and
go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee,
answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. (30) And the mother of the child said, As YAHWEH liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and
followed her. (31) And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the
staff upon the face of the child; but there
was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and
told him, saying, The child is not awaked. (32) And when
Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. (33) He went in therefore, and shut the door upon
them twain, and prayed unto YAHWEH. (34) And he
went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes
upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the
child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. (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. (36) And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this
Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take
up thy son. (37) Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and
bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. (38) And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the
sons of the prophets were sitting
before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe
pottage for the sons of the prophets. (39) And one
went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered
thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. (40) So they poured out for
the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that
they cried out, and said, O thou man
of Elohim, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. (41)
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it
into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And
there was no harm in the pot. (42) And there came a man from
Baalshalisha, and brought the man of Elohim
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. (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 YAHWEH,
They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
(44) So he set it
before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to The Word of YAHWEH.
(I) Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a
great man with his master, and honourable, because by him YAHWEH had given deliverance unto
Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but
he was a leper. (2) And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and
had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she
waited on Naaman's wife. (3) And she said unto her
mistress, Would to Elohim
my sovereign were with the prophet
that is in Samaria! For he would
recover him of his leprosy. (4) And one went in, and told his sovereign, saying, Thus and thus said the
maid that is of the land of Israel. (5) And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I
will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him
ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces
of gold, and ten changes of raiment. (6) And he
brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come
unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent
Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. (7) And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had
read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I Elohim,
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. (8) And it was so,
when Elisha the man of Elohim
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. (9) So
Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the
house of Elisha. (10) And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go
and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and
thou shalt be clean. (11) But Naaman was wroth, and
went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and
stand, and call on the name of YAHWEH his Elohim, and strike his hand over the place, and
recover the leper. (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. (13) And his servants came near, and spake unto him,
and said, My father, if the prophet
had bid thee do some great thing,
wouldest thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he saith to thee,
Wash, and be clean? (14) Then went he down, and dipped himself seven
times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of Elohim:
and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was
clean. (15) And he returned to the man of Elohim, he and all his company, and came, and
stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no elohim in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore,
I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. (16)
But he said, As YAHWEH liveth, before whom I stand,
I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. (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 elohim, but unto YAHWEH. (18) In this thing YAHWEH 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, YAHWEH
pardon thy servant in this thing. (19) And he
said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. (20) But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of Elohim, said, Behold, my master hath spared
Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as YAHWEH liveth, I will run after him, and take
somewhat of him. (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? (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. (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. (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. (25) But he
went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy
servant went no whither. (26) And he said unto him,
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? (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.
(I) And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now,
the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. (2) Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take
thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.
And he answered, Go ye. (3) And one said, Be content,
I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. (4) So he went with them. And when they came to
Jordan, they cut down wood. (5) But as one was felling a
beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master!
For it was borrowed. (6) And the man of Elohim said, Where fell it? And he showed him the
place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it
in thither; and the iron did swim. (7) Therefore
said he, Take it up to thee. And he
put out his hand, and took it. (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. (9) And the man of Elohim
sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place;
for thither the Syrians are come down. (10) And the
king of Israel sent to the place which the man of Elohim
told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. (11) Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was
sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them,
Will ye not show me which of us is for
the king of Israel? (12) And one of his servants said, None, my
sovereign, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou
speakest in thy bedchamber. (13) And he said, Go and spy
where he is, that I may send and
fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. (14) Therefore sent he thither
horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed
the city about. (15) And when the servant of the man of Elohim was risen early, and gone forth, behold,
an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said
unto him, Alas, my master! How shall we do? (16) And he
answered, Fear not: for they that be with
us are more than they that be with them. (17) And Elisha prayed, and said, YAHWEH,
I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And YAHWEH opened the eyes of the young
man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was
full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. (18) And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed
unto YAHWEH,
and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them
with blindness according to the word of Elisha. (19)
And Elisha said unto them, This is not
the way, neither is this the city:
follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to
Samaria. (20) And it came to pass, when they were come into
Samaria, that Elisha said, YAHWEH, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And YAHWEH
opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. (21)
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I
smite them? Shall I smite them? (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. (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. (24) And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad
king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. (25) And there was a great famine in Samaria: and,
behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of
silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. (26) And as the king of Israel was passing by upon
the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my sovereign, O king. (27) And he said, If YAHWEH do not help thee, whence
shall I help thee? Out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? (28) And the king said unto her, What aileth thee?
And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to
day, and we will eat my son to morrow. (29) So we
boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy
son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. (30) And it came to pass, when the king heard the
words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall,
and the people looked, and, behold, he
had sackcloth within upon his flesh. (31) Then he
said, Elohim do so and more also to
me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. (32) But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat
with him; and the king sent a man
from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See
ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? Look, when the
messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet
behind him? (33) And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of YAHWEH; what should I wait for YAHWEH
any longer?
(I) Then Elisha said, Hear ye The Word of YAHWEH; Thus saith YAHWEH,
To morrow about this time shall a
measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. (2) Then a general on whose hand the king leaned
answered the man of Elohim,
and said, Behold, if YAHWEH
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. (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? (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. (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. (6) For my Sovereign had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and
a noise of horses, even the noise of
a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired
against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come
upon us. (7) Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight,
and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. (8) And when these lepers came to the 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. (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. (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. (11) And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within. (12) And the king arose in the night, and said unto
his servants, I will now show 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. (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: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the
Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. (14) They took therefore two chariot horses; and the
king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. (15) And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo,
all the way was full of garments and
vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers
returned, and told the king. (16) And the people went out,
and spoiled the 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 YAHWEH. (17) And the king appointed the general 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 Elohim
had said, who spake when the king came down to him. (18) And it came to pass as the man of Elohim had spoken to the king, saying, Two
measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel,
shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: (19) And that general answered the man of Elohim, and said, Now, behold, if YAHWEH should make windows in heaven, might such
a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt
not eat thereof. (20) And so it fell out unto him: for the people
trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
(I) 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 YAHWEH hath called for a famine; and it shall
also come upon the land seven years. (2) And the
woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of Elohim:
and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years. (3) And it came to pass at the seven years' end,
that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth
to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. (4) And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of
the man of Elohim, saying, Tell me, I
pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. (5) And it came to pass, as he was telling the king
how he had restored 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 sovereign, O king, this is
the woman, and this is her son,
whom Elisha restored to life. (6) And when the king asked
the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer,
saying, Restore all that was hers,
and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even
until now. (7) And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the
king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of Elohim is come hither. (8) And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in
thine hand, and go, meet the man of Elohim,
and inquire of YAHWEH
by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? (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? (10) And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou
mayest certainly recover: howbeit YAHWEH hath showed me that he shall surely die. (11) And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until
he was ashamed: and the man of Elohim
wept. (12) And Hazael said, Why weepeth my sovereign? 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. (13) And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And
Elisha answered, YAHWEH hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. (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. (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. (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 Jehoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign. (17) Thirty and two years old
was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (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 YAHWEH. (19) Yet YAHWEH
would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to
give him alway a light, and to his
children. (20) In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of
Judah, and made a king over themselves. (21) So Joram
went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and
smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots:
and the people fled into their tents. (22) Yet Edom
revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at
the same time. (23) And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that
he did, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (24)
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city
of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. (25) In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab
king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. (26) Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah,
the daughter of Omri king of Israel. (27) And he
walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of YAHWEH,
as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
(28) And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the
war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded
Joram. (29) And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel
of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to
see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
(I) 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: (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; (3) Then take the box of oil,
and pour it on his head, and say,
Thus saith YAHWEH,
I have anointed thee king over
Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. (4) So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. (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. (6) And he arose, and went
into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus
saith YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of YAHWEH, even over Israel. (7) And thou shalt smite the
house of Ahab thy master, that I may
avenge the blood of MY servants the
prophets, and the blood of all the servants of YAHWEH, at the hand of Jezebel. (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) And I
will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: (10) And the
dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.
And he opened the door, and fled. (11) Then
Jehu came forth to the servants of his sovereign: 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. (12) And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to
me, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH, I
have anointed thee king over Israel. (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. (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. (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. (16) So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel;
for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. (17) 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 Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? (18) So there went one on horseback to meet him, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace?
And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? Turn thee behind me. And the
watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. (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. (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. (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. (22) And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that
he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he
answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so many? (23) And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said
to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O
Ahaziah. (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. (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, YAHWEH laid this burden upon him; (26) Surely I
have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith YAHWEH;
and I will requite thee in this
plat, saith YAHWEH.
Now therefore take and cast him into
the plat of ground, according to The Word of YAHWEH.
(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. (28) And his servants carried
him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers
in the city of David. (29) And in the eleventh year
of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. (30) And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard
of it; and she painted her face, and
tired her head, and looked out at a window. (31) And as
Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had
Zimri peace, who slew his master? (32) And he
lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? Who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. (33) And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her
down: and some of her blood was
sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. (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. (35) And they went to bury her: but they found no
more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. (36) Wherefore they came
again, and told him. And he said, This is
The Word of YAHWEH,
which he spake by his servant Eliyah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of
Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: (37)
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the
portion of Jezreel; so that they
shall not say, This is Jezebel.
(I) 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,
(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 armour; (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. (4) But they were exceedingly afraid, and said,
Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? (5) And he that was
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. (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. (7)
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's
sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. (8) And there came a messenger, and told him,
saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye
them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. (9) And it came to pass in the morning, that he went
out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him:
but who slew all these? (10) Know now that there shall
fall unto the earth nothing of The Word
of YAHWEH, which YAHWEH spake concerning the house
of Ahab: for YAHWEH
hath done that which he spake by his
servant Eliyah. (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. (12) And he
arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And
as he was at the shearing house
in the way, (13) Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of
Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they
answered, We are the brethren of
Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of
the queen. (14) And he said, Take them alive. And they took them
alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. (15) And when he was departed thence, he lighted on
Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to
meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is 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. (16) And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for YAHWEH.
So they made him ride in his chariot. (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 YAHWEH, which he spake to Eliyah. (18) And Jehu gathered all the people together, and
said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but
Jehu shall serve him much. (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 subtlety, to the intent that he
might destroy the worshippers of Baal. (20) And Jehu
said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. (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. (22)
And he said unto him that was over
the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he
brought them forth vestments. (23) And 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 YAHWEH,
but the worshippers of Baal only. (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. (25) And it
came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering,
that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the
edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. (26) And they brought forth the images out of the
house of Baal, and burned them. (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. (28) Thus Jehu destroyed Baal
out of Israel. (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. (30) And YAHWEH 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. (31) But Jehu
took no heed to walk in the Law of YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which
made Israel to sin. (32) In those days YAHWEH began to cut Israel short:
and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; (33) From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead,
the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and
Bashan. (34) Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that
he did, and all his might, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (35) And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried
him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. (36) And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in
Samaria was twenty and eight years.
(I) And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. (2) But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram,
sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him 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. (3) And he was with her hid in the house of YAHWEH
six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. (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 YAHWEH,
and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of YAHWEH,
and showed them the king's son. (5) And he
commanded them, saying, This is the
thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the Sabbath shall even be keepers of the
watch of the king's house; (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. (7) And two parts of all you
that go forth on the Sabbath, even
they shall keep the watch of the house of YAHWEH about the king. (8) 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. (9) And the captains over the hundreds did according
to all things that Jehoiada the
priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the Sabbath, with them that should go out
on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada
the priest. (10) And to the captains over hundreds did the priest
give king David's spears and shields, that were
in the temple of YAHWEH. (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. (12) 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, Elohim
save the king. (13) And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the
people into the temple of YAHWEH. (14) 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. (15) 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 YAHWEH. (16) And they laid hands on her; and she went by the
way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she
slain. (17) And Jehoiada made a covenant between YAHWEH
and the king and the people, that they should be YAHWEH’S people; between the king
also and the people. (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 thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH, and came by the way of the gate of the
guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. (20) And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the
city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. (21) Seven
years old was Jehoash when he began
to reign.
(I) 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. (2) And
Jehoash did that which was right in
the sight of YAHWEH
all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. (3) But the high places were not taken away: the
people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (4) And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money
of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH, (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. (6) But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year
of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. (7) Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the
priest, and 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. (8) And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to
repair the breaches of the house. (9) But
Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it
beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of YAHWEH:
and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of YAHWEH.
(10) And it was so,
when they saw that there was much
money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and
they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of YAHWEH.
(11) And they gave the money, being told, into the
hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of YAHWEH:
and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the
house of YAHWEH,
(12) And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy
timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of YAHWEH,
and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. (13) Howbeit there were not made for the house of YAHWEH
bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver, of the money that was brought
into the house of YAHWEH: (14) But they
gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of YAHWEH.
(15) Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into
whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt
faithfully. (16) The trespass money and sin money was not brought
into the house of YAHWEH: it was the priests'. (17) Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought
against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. (18) And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed
things that 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 YAHWEH,
and in the king's house, and sent it to
Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. (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? (20)
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of
Millo, which goeth down to Silla. (21) For
Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote
him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David:
and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
(I) 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. (2) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. (3) And the anger of YAHWEH 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.
(4) And Jehoahaz besought YAHWEH, and YAHWEH hearkened unto him: for he
saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. (5) (And YAHWEH gave Israel a saviour, so that they went
out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the Children of Israel dwelt in
their tents, as beforetime. (6) Nevertheless they departed
not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained
the grove also in Samaria.) (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. (8) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all
that he did, and his might, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (9) And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they
buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. (10) In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of
Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. (11) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH; he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. (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) And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam
sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. (14) Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness
whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over
his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof. (15) And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows.
And he took unto him bow and arrows. (16) And he
said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon
the king's hands. (17) And he said, Open the window eastward. And he
opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot.
And he shot. And he said, The arrow of YAHWEH’S deliverance, and the arrow of
deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou
have consumed them. (18) And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of
Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. (19) And the man of Elohim
was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times;
then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. (20) And Elisha died, and they
buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of
the year. (21) And it came to pass, as they were burying a man,
that, 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. (22) But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all
the days of Jehoahaz. (23) And YAHWEH 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. (24) So Hazael king of Syria
died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. (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.
(I) In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. (2) He
was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and
nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. (3) And he did
that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH,
yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his
father did. (4) Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as
yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. (5) 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. (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 YAHWEH
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. (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. (8) Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son
of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another
in the face. (9) And 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. (10) Thou hast indeed smitten
Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? (11) But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash
king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in
the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to
Judah. (12) And Judah was put to the worse before Israel;
and they fled every man to their tents. (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) And he took all the gold and silver, and all the
vessels that were found in the house of YAHWEH, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and hostages, and returned to Samaria. (15) Now the
rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with
Amaziah king of Judah, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (16) And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was
buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his
stead. (17) And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived
after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. (18) And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? (19) Now they
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they
sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. (20)
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers
in the city of David. (21) And all the people of
Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen
years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. (22) He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after
that the king slept with his fathers. (23) In the
fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of
Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. (24)
And he did that which was evil in the
sight of YAHWEH:
he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel
to sin. (25) He restored the coast of Israel from the
entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to The Word of YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, which he spake by the hand of
his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. (26) For YAHWEH 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. (27) And YAHWEH said not that he would blot
out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of
Jeroboam the son of Joash. (28) Now the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he
recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which
belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? (29) And
Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with
the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
(I) In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel
began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. (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. (3) And he did that
which was right in the sight of YAHWEH, according to all that his father Amaziah
had done; (4) Save that the high places were not removed: the
people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. (5) And YAHWEH 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. (6) And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all
that he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (7) So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they
buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in
his stead. (8) In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of
Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six
months. (9) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, as his fathers had done: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. (10) And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against
him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (11) And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold,
they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. (12) This was The
Word of YAHWEH which he spake unto Jehu,
saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. (13) 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. (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) 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. (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. (17) In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king
of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. (18) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH: he departed not all his days from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. (19) And Pul
the king of 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. (20) And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of
each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king
of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. (21) 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? (22) And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah
his son reigned in his stead. (23) In the fiftieth year of
Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned two years. (24) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. (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. (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. (27) In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. (28) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. (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. (30) And Hoshea the son of ELAH made a conspiracy against
Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his
stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (31) 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. (32) In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah
king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. (33) Five and twenty years old was he when he began
to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. (34) And he did that
which was right in the sight of YAHWEH: he did according to all that his father
Uzziah had done. (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 YAHWEH. (36) Now the
rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? (37) In those days YAHWEH began to send against Judah
Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. (38) And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son
reigned in his stead.
(I) In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz
the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. (2)
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he
began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH
his Elohim,
like David his father. (3) But he walked in the way
of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire,
according to the abominations of the heathen, whom YAHWEH cast out from before the
Children of Israel. (4) And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high
places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. (5) Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of
Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz,
but could not overcome him. (6) At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath
to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and
dwelt there unto this day. (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. (8) And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found
in the house of YAHWEH,
and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. (9) And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for
the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and
slew Rezin. (10) And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet
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. (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.
(12) And when the king was come from Damascus, the
king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. (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. (14) And he brought also the
brazen altar, which was before YAHWEH,
from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of YAHWEH,
and put it on the north side of the altar. (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 of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the
brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
(16) Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all
that king Ahaz commanded. (17) And king Ahaz cut off the
borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the
sea from off the brazen oxen that were under
it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. (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 YAHWEH
for the king of Assyria. (19) Now the rest of the acts
of Ahaz which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (20) And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried
with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his
stead.
(I) In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the
son of ELAH
to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. (2) And he
did that which was evil in the sight
of YAHWEH,
but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. (3) Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria;
and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. (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. (5) Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all
the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. (6) In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria
took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah
and in Habor by the river of Gozan,
and in the cities of the Medes. (7) For so it was, that the Children of Israel
had sinned against YAHWEH their Elohim, which had brought them up out of the land
of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other
elohim, (8) And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom YAHWEH
cast out from before the Children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which
they had made. (9) And the Children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against YAHWEH their Elohim, and they built them high places in all
their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. (10) And they set them up images and groves in every
high hill, and under every green tree: (11) And
there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom YAHWEH carried away before them; and wrought
wicked things to provoke YAHWEH to anger: (12)
For they served idols, whereof YAHWEH had said unto them, Ye shall not do this
thing. (13) Yet YAHWEH 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. (14) Notwithstanding they would not hear, but
hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe
in YAHWEH
their Elohim.
(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 YAHWEH had charged them, that they
should not do like them. (16) And they left all the commandments of YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and made them molten images, even two
calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served
Baal. (17) And they caused their sons and their daughters
to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold
themselves to do evil in the sight of YAHWEH, to provoke him to anger. (18) Therefore YAHWEH was very angry with Israel, and removed
them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. (19) Also Judah kept not the commandments of YAHWEH their Elohim,
but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. (20) And YAHWEH rejected all the seed of Israel, and
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast
them out of his sight. (21) For he rent Israel from
the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam
drave Israel from following YAHWEH, and made them sin a great sin. (22) For the Children of Israel walked in all the
sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; (23) Until YAHWEH 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. (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. (25) And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not YAHWEH:
therefore YAHWEH
sent lions among them, which slew some of
them. (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 Elohim of the land: therefore he hath sent lions
among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of
the Elohim
of the land. (27) Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying,
Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go
and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the Elohim of the land. (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 YAHWEH.
(29) Howbeit every nation made elohim of their own,
and put them in the houses of the
high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein
they dwelt. (30) And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and
the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (31) And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the
Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the
elohim of Sepharvaim. (32) So they feared YAHWEH,
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. (33) They feared YAHWEH, and served their own elohim, after the
manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. (34) Unto this day they do after the former manners:
they fear not YAHWEH,
neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the
law and commandment which YAHWEH commanded the children of Jacob, whom he
named Israel; (35) With whom YAHWEH had made a covenant, and charged them,
saying, Ye shall not fear other elohim, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve
them, nor sacrifice to them: (36) But YAHWEH, 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. (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 elohim. (38) And the covenant that I have made with you ye
shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other elohim. (39) But YAHWEH your Elohim ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you
out of the hand of all your enemies. (40) Howbeit
they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. (41) So these nations feared YAHWEH, and served their graven images,
both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do
they unto this day.
(I) 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. (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. (3)
And he did that which was right in
the sight of YAHWEH,
according to all that David his father did. (4) He
removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and
brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the
Children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. (5) He trusted in YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah,
nor any that were before him. (6) For he clave to YAHWEH, and departed not from following him, but kept HIS Commandments, which YAHWEH commanded Moses. (7) And YAHWEH was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled
against the king of Assyria, and served him not. (8) He
smote the Philistines, even unto
Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced
city. (9) And it came to pass in the fourth year of king
Hezekiah, which was the seventh year
of Hoshea son of ELAH king of Israel, that
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (10) And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that
is the ninth year of Hoshea king of
Israel, Samaria was taken. (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: (12) Because they obeyed not the voice of YAHWEH
their Elohim,
but transgressed his covenant, and all
that Moses the servant of YAHWEH commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. (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. (14) And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of
Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou
puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king
of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. (15) And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of YAHWEH,
and in the treasures of the king's house. (16) At that
time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the
doors of the temple of YAHWEH, and from
the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the
king of Assyria. (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) 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. (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? (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? (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. (22) But if
ye say unto me, We trust in YAHWEH our Elohim: 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? (23) Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my
sovereign the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if
thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. (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? (25) Am I now come up without YAHWEH
against this place to destroy it? YAHWEH said to me, Go up against this land, and
destroy it. (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. (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? (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: (29) Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive
you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: (30) Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in YAHWEH,
saying, YAHWEH
will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of
the king of Assyria. (31) Hearken not to Hezekiah:
for thus saith the king of 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: (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, YAHWEH will deliver us. (33) Hath any of the elohim of the nations delivered
at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? (34) Where are the
elohim of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where are
the elohim of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? Have they delivered Samaria out
of mine hand? (35) Who are they
among all the elohim of the countries, that have delivered their country out of
mine hand, that YAHWEH
should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? (36) But the
people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer him not. (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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH. (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. (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. (4) It may be YAHWEH thy
Elohim will hear all the words of
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living
Elohim;
and will reprove the words which YAHWEH thy
Elohim hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are
left. (5) So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
(6) And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to
your master, Thus saith YAHWEH, Be not afraid of the words which thou
hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed ME. (7) 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. (8) So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of
Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from
Lachish. (9) And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of
Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers
again unto Hezekiah, saying, (10) Thus shall ye speak to
Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy
Elohim in whom thou trustest deceive thee,
saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. (11) Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of
Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be
delivered? (12) Have the elohim 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? (13) Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of
Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? (14) And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of
the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of YAHWEH,
and spread it before YAHWEH. (15) And
Hezekiah prayed before YAHWEH, and said, O YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, which dwellest between the
cherubims, THOU art the Elohim,
even THOU alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; THOU hast made heaven and earth. (16) YAHWEH,
bow down thine ear, and hear: open, YAHWEH, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words
of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living Elohim. (17) Of a truth, YAHWEH, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the
nations and their lands, (18) And have cast their
elohim into the fire: for they were no
elohim, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have
destroyed them. (19) Now therefore, O YAHWEH our Elohim, I beseech thee, save THOU us out of his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that THOU
art YAHWEH Elohim,
even THOU only. (20) Then Isaiah the son of
Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, That which thou hast prayed
to ME against Sennacherib king of
Assyria I have heard. (21) This is the
word that YAHWEH
hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee,
and laughed thee to scorn; the
daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. (22) Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? And
against whom hast thou exalted thy voice,
and lifted up thine eyes on high? Even against
the Holy One of Israel. (23) By thy messengers thou hast reproached YAHWEH,
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. (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. (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. (26) Therefore their inhabitants were of small power,
they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as
the green herb, as the grass on
the house tops, and as corn blasted
before it be grown up. (27) But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against ME. (28) Because thy rage against ME and thy tumult is come up into MINE ears, therefore I
will put MY hook in thy nose, and MY bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by
which thou camest. (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. (30) And the remnant that is escaped of the House of
Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (31) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant,
and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of YAHWEH of hosts shall do this. (32)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a bank against it. (33) By the
way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this
city, saith YAHWEH.
(34) For I
will defend this city, to save it, for MINE
own sake, and for MY servant
David's sake. (35) And it came to pass that night, that the angel
of YAHWEH
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. (36) So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and
went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. (37) And it
came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his elohim, 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.
(I) 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 YAHWEH,
Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. (2) Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed
unto YAHWEH,
saying, (3) I beseech thee, O YAHWEH, 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. (4) And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out
into the middle court, that The Word of YAHWEH came to him, saying, (5) Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my
people, Thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim 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 YAHWEH.
(6) And I
will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I
will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for MINE own sake, and for MY servant David's sake. (7) And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they
took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered. (8) And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that YAHWEH
will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of YAHWEH the third day? (9) And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of YAHWEH,
that YAHWEH
will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees,
or go back ten degrees? (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. (11) And Isaiah the prophet
cried unto YAHWEH:
and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in
the dial of Ahaz. (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. (13) And
Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious
things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment,
and all the house of his armour, and
all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all
his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. (14)
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said
these men? And from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are
come from a far country, even from
Babylon. (15) And he said, What have they seen in thine house?
And Hezekiah answered, All the things that
are in mine house have they seen:
there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them. (16) And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear The Word of YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH. (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. (19) Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is The
Word of YAHWEH which thou hast spoken. And
he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? (20) And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all
his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the
city, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (21)
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
(I) 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.
(2) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, after the abominations of the heathen,
whom YAHWEH
cast out before the Children of Israel. (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. (4) And he built altars in the house of YAHWEH,
of which YAHWEH
said, In Jerusalem will I put MY name. (5)
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house
of YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH, to provoke him to anger. (7) And he set a graven image of the grove that he
had made in the house, of which YAHWEH 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: (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 to all that I
have commanded them, and according to all the law that MY servant Moses commanded them. (9)
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the
nations whom YAHWEH
destroyed before the Children of Israel. (10) And YAHWEH
spake by his servants the prophets, saying, (11) Because
Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah
also to sin with his idols: (12) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that
whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. (13) And I
will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house
of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem
as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. (14) And I will 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; (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. (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 YAHWEH. (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? (18) And
Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house,
in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (19) Amon was twenty
and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Meshullemeth,
the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (20) And he
did that which was evil in the sight
of YAHWEH,
as his father Manasseh did. (21) And he walked in all the
way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and
worshipped them: (22) And he forsook YAHWEH Elohim
of his fathers, and walked not in the way of YAHWEH. (23) And the servants of Amon conspired against him,
and slew the king in his own house. (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. (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? (26) And he
was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned
in his stead.
(I) 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. (2) And he
did that which was right in the sight
of YAHWEH,
and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the
right hand or to the left. (3) And it came to pass in the
eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the
house of YAHWEH,
saying, (4) Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may
sum the silver which is brought into the house of YAHWEH, which the keepers of the
door have gathered of the people: (5) And let
them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight
of the house of YAHWEH:
and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of YAHWEH, to repair the breaches of the house, (6) Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and
to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. (7) Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of
the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. (8) And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan
the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of YAHWEH.
And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. (9) And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and
brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have 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 YAHWEH. (10) And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying,
Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the
king. (11) And it came to pass, when the king had heard the
words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. (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, (13)
Go ye, inquire of YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH 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. (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. (15) And she said unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to ME, (16) Thus
saith YAHWEH,
Behold, I will bring evil upon this
place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even
all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: (17) Because they have forsaken ME, and have burned incense unto other elohim, 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. (18) But to the king of Judah which sent you to
inquire of YAHWEH,
thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, As touching the words which
thou hast heard; (19) Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast
humbled thyself before YAHWEH, 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
YAHWEH.
(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.
(I) And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders
of Judah and of Jerusalem. (2) And the king went up into
the house of YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH.
(3) And the king stood by a pillar, and made a
covenant before YAHWEH,
to walk after YAHWEH,
and to keep HIS Commandments and HIS testimonies and HIS statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written
in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. (4) And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest,
and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring
forth out of the temple of YAHWEH 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. (5) And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the
kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of
Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense
unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host
of heaven. (6) And he brought out the grove from the house of YAHWEH,
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. (7) And he brake down the houses of the sodomites,
that were by the house of YAHWEH,
where the women wove hangings for the grove. (8)
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high
places where the priests had 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. (9) Nevertheless the priests of the high places came
not up to the altar of YAHWEH in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the
unleavened bread among their brethren. (10) And he
defiled Topheth, which is in the
valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his
daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. (11)
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at
the entering in of the house of YAHWEH, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the
chamberlain, which was in the
suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. (12) And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of
Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the
house of YAHWEH,
did the king beat down, and brake them down
from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. (13) And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were
on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which 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. (14) And he
brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places
with the bones of men. (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. (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 YAHWEH which the man of Elohim
proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. (17) Then he
said, What title is that that I see?
And the men of the city told him, It is the
sepulchre of the man of Elohim,
which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against
the altar of Bethel. (18) And he said, Let him
alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones
of the prophet that came out of Samaria. (19) And all
the houses also of the high places that were
in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke YAHWEH to
anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had
done in Bethel. (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. (21) And the king commanded all the people, saying,
Keep the Passover unto YAHWEH your Elohim, as it
is written in the book of this covenant. (22)
Surely there was not holden such a Passover from the days of the judges that
judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of
Judah; (23) But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this Passover was holden to YAHWEH
in Jerusalem. (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 YAHWEH. (25) And like unto him was there no king before him,
that turned to YAHWEH
with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to
all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. (26) Notwithstanding YAHWEH
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. (27) And YAHWEH 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. (28) Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that
he did, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (29)
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. (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. (31) Jehoahaz was
twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three
months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (32)
And he did that which was evil in the
sight of YAHWEH,
according to all that his fathers had done. (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. (34) 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. (35) And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to
Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment
of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of
every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. (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. (37) And he did that which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH,
according to all that his fathers had done.
(I) In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and
Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against
him. (2) And YAHWEH 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, according to The Word of YAHWEH,
which he spake by his servants the prophets. (3)
Surely at the commandment of YAHWEH came this
upon Judah, to remove them out of
his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; (4) And also for the innocent blood that he shed:
for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which YAHWEH would not pardon. (5) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all
that he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (6) So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (7) And the
king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon
had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained
to the king of Egypt. (8) Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan
of Jerusalem. (9) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, according to all that his father had
done. (10) At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. (11) And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against
the city, and his servants did besiege it. (12) And
Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his
mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of
Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. (13) And he carried out thence all the treasures of
the house of YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH,
as YAHWEH
had said. (14) And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the
princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even
ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land. (15)
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the
king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from
Jerusalem to Babylon. (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. (17) And the
king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah. (18) Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah
of Libnah. (19) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
(20) For through the anger of YAHWEH 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.
(I) 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. (2) And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. (3) And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (4) And the city was broken up, and all the men of war 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. (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. (6) So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. (7) And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. (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: (9) And he burnt the house of YAHWEH, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. (10) And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. (11) Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. (12) But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. (13) And the pillars of brass that were in the house of YAHWEH, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of YAHWEH, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. (14) And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. (15) And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. (16) The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of YAHWEH; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. (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. (18) And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: (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: (20) And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: (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. (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. (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. (24) And Gedaliah sware 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) But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. (26) And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. (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; (28) And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; (29) And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. (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.
(I) Adam, Sheth, Enosh, (2) Kenan,
Mahalaleel, Jered, (3) Henoch, Methuselah,
Lamech, (4) Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (5) The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (6) And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath,
and Togarmah. (7) And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish,
Kittim, and Dodanim. (8) The sons of Ham; Cush, and
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. (9) And the sons of Cush;
Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah;
Sheba, and Dedan. (10) And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty
upon the earth. (11) And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (12) And Pathrusim, and
Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. (13) And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, (14) The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the
Girgashite, (15) And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, (16) And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite. (17) The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. (18) And Arphaxad begat Shelah,
and Shelah begat Eber. (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. (20) And Joktan begat Almodad,
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, (21) Hadoram
also, and Uzal, and Diklah, (22) And Ebal, and Abimael,
and Sheba, (23) And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. (24) Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
(25) Eber, Peleg, Reu, (26)
Serug, Nahor, Terah, (27) Abram; the same is Abraham. (28) The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. (29) These are their
generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam, (30) Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, (31) Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons
of Ishmael. (32) 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. (33) And the
sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. (34) And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau
and Israel. (35) The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah. (36) The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and
Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. (37) The sons
of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. (38)
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and
Ezar, and Dishan. (39) And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and
Timna was Lotan's sister. (40) The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and
Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. (41) The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of
Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. (42) The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and
Aran. (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.
(44) And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah
of Bozrah reigned in his stead. (45) And when
Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. (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. (47) And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his stead. (48) And when Samlah was dead,
Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. (49) And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of
Achbor reigned in his stead. (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. (51) Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were;
duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, (52) Duke
Aholibamah, duke ELAH, duke Pinon, (53) Duke
Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, (54) Duke
Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the
dukes of Edom.
(I) These are the sons
of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, (2) Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher. (3) The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three
were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the
firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of YAHWEH; and he slew him. (4) And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez
and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
(5) The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. (6) And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and
Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. (7) And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of
Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. (8)
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. (9) The sons
also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. (10) And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat
Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; (11) And
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, (12) And Boaz
begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse. (13) And
Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
(14) Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, (15) Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: (16) whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and
Joab, and Asahel, three. (17) And Abigail bare Amasa:
and the father of Amasa was Jether
the Ishmeelite. (18) And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. (19) And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him
Ephrath, which bare him Hur. (20) And Hur begat Uri, and
Uri begat Bezaleel. (21) 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. (22) And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty
cities in the land of Gilead. (23) And he took Geshur, and
Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the
father of Gilead. (24) And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah,
then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. (25) And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of
Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. (26) Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. (27) And the
sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. (28) And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada.
And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. (29)
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail,
and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. (30) And the
sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. (31) And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of
Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. (32) And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai;
Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. (33) And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza.
These were the sons of Jerahmeel. (34) Now
Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian,
whose name was Jarha. (35) And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his
servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. (36) And Attai
begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, (37) And
Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, (38) And Obed
begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, (39) And
Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, (40)
And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, (41) And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat
Elishama. (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. (43) And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and
Rekem, and Shema. (44) And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam:
and Rekem begat Shammai. (45) And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur. (46) And
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat
Gazez. (47) And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and
Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. (48) Maachah,
Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. (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. (50) These were the sons of
Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of
Kirjathjearim, (51) Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father
of Bethgader. (52) And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons;
Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
(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. (54) The sons
of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and
half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. (55) And the
families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites,
and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the
father of the house of Rechab.
(I) 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: (2) The third, Absalom the son
of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son
of Haggith: (3) The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth,
Ithream by Eglah his wife. (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. (5) And these were born unto him in Jerusalem;
Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of
Ammiel: (6) Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, (7) And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (8) And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. (9) These were
all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their
sister. (10) And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, (11) Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, (12) Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his
son, (13) Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his
son, (14) Amon his son, Josiah his son. (15) And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third
Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. (16) And the sons of
Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. (17)
And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, (18) Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar,
Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. (19) And the
sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and
Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith
their sister: (20) And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and
Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. (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. (22) And the
sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and
Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (23) And the
sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. (24) And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan,
and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
(I) The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal. (2) And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and
Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are
the families of the Zorathites. (3) And these
were of the father of Etam; Jezreel,
and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: (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. (5) And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. (6) And
Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. (7) And the sons of Helah
were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
(8) And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the
families of Aharhel the son of Harum. (9) And Jabez
was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez,
saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. (10) And
Jabez called on the Elohim 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 Elohim
granted him that which he requested. (11) And
Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. (12) And
Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. (13) And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and
the sons of Othniel; Hathath. (14) And Meonothai begat
Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they
were craftsmen. (15) And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru,
ELAH,
and Naam: and the sons of ELAH, even Kenaz. (16)
And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. (17) And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam,
and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. (18)
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of
Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. (19) And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the
Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. (20) And the
sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and
Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. (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, (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. (23) These were
the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt
with the king for his work. (24) The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: (25) Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
(26) And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur
his son, Shimei his son. (27) And Shimei had sixteen
sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all
their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. (28) And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and
Hazarshual, (29) And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, (30) And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, (31) And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at
Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their
cities unto the reign of David. (32) And
their villages were, Etam, and Ain,
Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: (33) and all
their villages that were round about
the same cities, unto Baal. These were their
habitations, and their genealogy. (34) And
Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, (35) And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son
of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, (36) And Elioenai, and
Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (37) And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon,
the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; (38) These mentioned by their names were princes
in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. (39) And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley,
to seek pasture for their flocks. (40) And they
found fat pasture and good, and the land was
wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they
of Ham had dwelt there of old. (41) And
these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote
their 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. (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. (43) And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that
were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
(I) 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. (2) For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of
him came the chief ruler; but the
birthright was Joseph's:) (3) The sons, I
say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. (4) The sons
of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, (5) Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, (6) Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of
Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. (7) And his brethren by their families, when the
genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, (8) And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the
son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: (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. (10) And in
the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and
they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. (11) And the children of Gad
dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah: (12) Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and
Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. (13) And their brethren of the
house of their fathers were, Michael,
and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. (14) These are the
children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the
son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; (15) Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of
the house of their fathers. (16) And they dwelt in Gilead
in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their
borders. (17) All these were reckoned by genealogies in the
days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. (18) The sons of Reuben, and the 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. (19) And they made war with the Hagarites, with
Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. (20) And they were helped
against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to Elohim in the battle, and he was entreated of
them; because they put their trust in him. (21) And they
took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two
hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred
thousand. (22) For there fell down many slain, because the war was of Elohim.
And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. (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. (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. (25) And they transgressed against the Elohim
of their fathers, and went a whoring after the elohim of the people of the
land, whom Elohim destroyed before them. (26) And the Elohim 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.
(I) The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (2) And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel. (3) And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and
Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (4) Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, (5) And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, (6) And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat
Meraioth, (7) Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat
Ahitub, (8) And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
(9) And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat
Johanan, (10) And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office
in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) (11)
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, (12) And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
(13) And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat
Azariah, (14) And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat
Jehozadak, (15) And Jehozadak went into captivity, when YAHWEH carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar. (16) The sons of Levi;
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. (17) And these be the names of the sons of Gershom;
Libni, and Shimei. (18) And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. (19) The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites
according to their fathers. (20) Of Gershom; Libni his
son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, (21) Joah his
son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. (22) The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his
son, Assir his son, (23) Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir
his son, (24) Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son,
and Shaul his son. (25) And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. (26) As for Elkanah:
the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, (27) Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
(28) And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni,
and Abiah. (29) The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei
his son, Uzza his son, (30) Shimea his son, Haggiah
his son, Asaiah his son. (31) And these are they whom David set over the service
of song in the house of YAHWEH, after that the ark had rest. (32) And they ministered before the dwelling place of
the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house
of YAHWEH
in Jerusalem: and then they waited on
their office according to their order. (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, (34) The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son
of Eliel, the son of Toah, (35) The son of Zuph, the son
of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, (36) The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of
Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, (37) The son of Tahath, the
son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, (38) The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of
Levi, the son of Israel. (39) And his brother Asaph,
who stood on his right hand, even Asaph
the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, (40) The son
of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, (41) The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of
Adaiah, (42) The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of
Shimei, (43) The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son
of Levi. (44) And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of
Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, (45) The son
of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, (46) The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of
Shamer, (47) The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of
Merari, the son of Levi. (48) Their brethren also the
Levites were appointed unto all
manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of Elohim.
(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 Elohim
had commanded. (50) And these are
the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, (51) Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, (52) Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his
son, (53) Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. (54) Now these are
their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons
of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. (55) And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah,
and the suburbs thereof round about it. (56) But the
fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh. (57) And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of
Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her
suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, (58) And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her
suburbs, (59) And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with
her suburbs: (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. (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. (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. (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. (64) And the Children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. (65) And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of
the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. (66) And the
residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts
out of the tribe of Ephraim. (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, (68) And
Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, (69) And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon
with her suburbs: (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. (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: (72) And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with
her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, (73) And
Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: (74) And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her
suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, (75) And Hukok
with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: (76)
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and
Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. (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: (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, (79) Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath
with her suburbs: (80) And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead
with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, (81)
And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
(I) Now the sons of Issachar were,
Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four. (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. (3) And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of
Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. (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. (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. (6) The sons of
Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (12) Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (13) The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and
Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. (14) The sons
of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but
his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: (15) And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second
was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had
daughters. (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. (17) And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh. (18) And his sister
Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. (19) And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and
Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. (20) And the sons of Ephraim;
Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his
son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, (21)
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and
Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that
were born in that land slew,
because they came down to take away their cattle. (22) And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and
his brethren came to comfort him. (23) And when
he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name
Beriah, because it went evil with his house. (24)
(And his daughter was Sherah, who
built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) (25) And Rephah was
his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son,
and Tahan his son, (26) Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his
son, (27) Non his son, Yahshua his son. (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: (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. (30) The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai,
and Beriah, and Serah their sister. (31) And the
sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is
the father of Birzavith. (32) And Heber begat Japhlet,
and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. (33)
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. (34) And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah,
Jehubbah, and Aram. (35) And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and
Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. (36) The sons of Zophah; Suah,
and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, (37)
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. (38) And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah,
and Ara. (39) And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and
Rezia. (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.
(I) Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second,
and Aharah the third, (2) Nohah the fourth, and
Rapha the fifth. (3) And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and
Abihud, (4) And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, (5) And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. (6) And these are
the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of
Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: (7) And
Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. (8) And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away;
Hushim and Baara were his wives. (9) And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and
Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, (10) And Jeuz, and Shachia,
and Mirma. These were his sons, heads
of the fathers. (11) And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. (12) The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and
Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: (13) Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove
away the inhabitants of Gath: (14) And Ahio, Shashak, and
Jeremoth, (15) And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, (16) And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of
Beriah; (17) And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and
Heber, (18) Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons
of Elpaal; (19) And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, (20) And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, (21) And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons
of Shimhi; (22) And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, (23) And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, (24) And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, (25) And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; (26) And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, (27) And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of
Jeroham. (28) These were
heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. (29) And at
Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: (30) and his firstborn son
Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, (31)
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. (32) And
Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem,
over against them. (33) And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and
Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. (34) And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. (35) And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. (36) And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat
Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, (37) And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: (38) And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. (39) And the
sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam
his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. (40) And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour,
archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
(I) 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. (2)
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in
their possessions in their cities were, the
Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. (3) And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah,
and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; (4) Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the
son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. (5) And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and
his sons. (6) And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their
brethren, six hundred and ninety. (7) And of
the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son
of Hasenuah, (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) 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. (10) And of the priests;
Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, (11) And
Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of Elohim;
(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; (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 Elohim. (14) And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub,
the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; (15) And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah
the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; (16) And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of
Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah,
that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (17)
And the porters were, Shallum, and
Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (18) Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they
were porters in the companies of the
children of Levi. (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 YAHWEH,
were keepers of the entry. (20) And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler
over them in time past, and YAHWEH was with him. (21) And Zechariah
the son of Meshelemiah was porter of
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. (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. (23) So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of YAHWEH, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. (24) In four quarters were the porters, toward the
east, west, north, and south. (25) And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time
to time with them. (26) For these Levites, the four chief porters, were
in their set office, and were over
the chambers and treasuries of the house of Elohim.
(27) And they lodged round about the house of Elohim, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. (28) And certain
of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring
them in and out by tale. (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. (30) And some of
the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. (31) And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the
firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were
made in the pans. (32) And other of
their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath. (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. (34) These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations;
these dwelt at Jerusalem. (35) And in Gibeon dwelt the
father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was
Maachah: (36) And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish,
and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, (37) And Gedor, and Ahio, and
Zechariah, and Mikloth. (38) And Mikloth begat
Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against
their brethren. (39) And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and
Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. (40) And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. (41) And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. (42) And Ahaz begat Jarah; and
Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; (43) And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son,
Eleasah his son, Azel his son. (44) And Azel had six sons,
whose names are these, Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
(I) Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. (2) And the Philistines followed hard after Saul,
and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Malchishua, the sons of Saul. (3) And the battle went sore
against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. (4) Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy
sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse
me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a
sword, and fell upon it. (5) And when his armourbearer
saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. (6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his
house died together. (7) And when all the men of
Israel that were in the valley saw
that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their
cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. (8) And it came to pass on the morrow, when the
Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen
in mount Gilboa. (9) And when they had stripped him, they took his
head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to
carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. (10) And they put his armour in the house of their
elohim, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. (11) And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the
Philistines had done to Saul, (12) They arose, all the
valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and
brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and
fasted seven days. (13) So Saul died for his transgression which he
committed against YAHWEH, even
against The Word of YAHWEH, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; (14) And inquired not of YAHWEH: therefore he slew him, and
turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
(I) Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and
thy flesh. (2) And moreover in time past, even when Saul was
king, thou wast he that leddest out
and broughtest in Israel: and YAHWEH thy
Elohim said unto thee, Thou shalt feed MY people Israel, and thou shalt be
ruler over MY people Israel. (3) Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the
king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before YAHWEH;
and they anointed David king over Israel, according to The Word of YAHWEH by Samuel. (4) And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem,
which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. (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. (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. (7) And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they
called it the city of David. (8) And he built the city
round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the
city. (9) So David waxed greater and greater: for YAHWEH
of hosts was with him. (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 YAHWEH concerning Israel. (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. (12) And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. (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. (14) And they set themselves
in the midst of that parcel, and
delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and YAHWEH saved them by a great deliverance. (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. (16) And David was
then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. (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! (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 YAHWEH, (19) And
said, My Elohim
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. (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. (21) Of the three, he was more honourable than the
two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. (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. (23) And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in
the Egyptian's hand was a spear like
a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear
out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. (24) These things
did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
(25) Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but
attained not to the first three: and
David set him over his guard. (26) Also the valiant men of
the armies were, Asahel the brother
of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (27)
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, (28) Ira the
son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, (29) Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, (30) Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of
Baanah the Netophathite, (31) Ithai the son of Ribai of
Gibeah, that pertained to the children
of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, (32) Hurai of
the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, (33) Azmaveth
the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, (34) The sons
of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, (35) Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the
son of Ur, (36) Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, (37) Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, (38) Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of
Haggeri, (39) Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer
of Joab the son of Zeruiah, (40) Ira the Ithrite, Gareb
the Ithrite, (41) Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, (42) Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain
of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, (43) Hanan
the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, (44)
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, (45) Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother,
the Tizite, (46) Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah,
the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, (47) Eliel,
and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
(I) 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. (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. (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, (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, (5) Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and
Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, (6) Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer,
and Jashobeam, the Korhites, (7) And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (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; (9) Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the
third, (10) Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, (11) Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, (12) Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, (13) Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. (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. (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. (16) And there came of the
children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. (17) And David went out to meet them, and answered
and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart
shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come
to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there
is no wrong in mine hands, the Elohim of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. (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 Elohim
helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. (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 tyrants of the
Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master
Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. (20) As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of
Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu,
and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were
of Manasseh. (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. (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 Elohim. (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 YAHWEH.
(24) The children of Judah that bare shield and spear
were six thousand and eight hundred,
ready armed to the war. (25) Of the children of
Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. (26) Of the children of Levi four thousand and six
hundred. (27) And Jehoiada was
the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; (28) And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of
his father's house twenty and two captains. (29) And of
the 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. (30) And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand
and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their
fathers. (31) And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen
thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. (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. (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. (34) And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with
them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. (35) And of the Danites expert in war twenty and
eight thousand and six hundred. (36) And of
Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. (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. (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. (39) And there they were with David three days,
eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. (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.
(I) And David consulted with the captains of thousands and
hundreds, and with every leader. (2) And David said unto all the congregation of
Israel, If it seem good unto you, and
that it be of YAHWEH our Elohim, 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: (3) And let us bring again the
ark of our Elohim
to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. (4) And all the congregation said that they would do
so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. (5) So David gathered all Israel together, from
Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of Elohim from Kirjathjearim. (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 Elohim YAHWEH, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is
called on it. (7) And they carried the ark of Elohim
in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. (8) And David and all Israel played before Elohim with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,
and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. (9) And when they came unto the threshingfloor of
Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. (10) And the anger of YAHWEH was kindled against Uzza,
and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before Elohim. (11) And
David was displeased, because YAHWEH had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore
that place is called Perezuzza to this day. (12) And
David was afraid of Elohim
that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of Elohim
home to me? (13) So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. (14) And the ark of Elohim
remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And YAHWEH
blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
(I) Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber
of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. (2) And David perceived that YAHWEH had confirmed him king over
Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. (3) And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and
David begat more sons and daughters. (4) Now these
are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab,
Nathan, and Solomon, (5) And Ibhar, and Elishua,
and Elpalet, (6) And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (7) And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. (8) And when the Philistines heard that David was
anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And
David heard of it, and went out
against them. (9) And the Philistines came and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim. (10) And David inquired of Elohim, saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? And wilt THOU deliver
them into mine hand? And YAHWEH said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. (11) So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote
them there. Then David said, Elohim
hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of
waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim. (12) And when they had left their elohim there, David
gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. (13) And the Philistines yet again spread themselves
abroad in the valley. (14) Therefore David inquired
again of Elohim; and Elohim said unto him, Go not up after them; turn
away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (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 Elohim is
gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. (16) David therefore did as Elohim
commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to
Gazer. (17) And the fame of David went out into all lands;
and YAHWEH
brought the fear of him upon all nations.
(I) And David made him
houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of Elohim, and pitched for it a tent. (2) Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of Elohim but the Levites: for them hath YAHWEH
chosen to carry the ark of Elohim,
and to minister unto him for ever. (3) And David
gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of YAHWEH
unto his place, which he had prepared for it. (4)
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: (5) Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his
brethren an hundred and twenty: (6) Of the
sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: (7) Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his
brethren an hundred and thirty: (8) Of the
sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: (9) Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his
brethren fourscore: (10) Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and
his brethren an hundred and twelve. (11) And
David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for
Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, (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 YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel unto the place that I have
prepared for it. (13) For because ye did it not at the first, YAHWEH our Elohim made a breach upon us, for that we sought
him not after the due order. (14) So the priests and the
Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel. (15) And the children of the Levites bare the ark of Elohim upon their shoulders with the staves
thereon, as Moses commanded according to The
Word of YAHWEH. (16) And David spake to the chief of the Levites to
appoint their brethren to be the
singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding,
by lifting up the voice with joy. (17) So the
Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of
Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
(18) And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. (19) So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of
brass; (20) And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on
Alamoth; (21) And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. (22) And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the
song, because he was skilful. (23) And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. (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
Elohim: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. (25) So David, and the elders of Israel, and the
captains over thousands, went to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH
out of the house of Obededom with joy. (26) And it
came to pass, when Elohim
helped the Levites that bare the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH, that they offered seven
bullocks and seven rams. (27) And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen,
and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the
master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. (28) Thus all
Israel brought up the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH with shouting, and with
sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with
psalteries and harps. (29) And it came to pass, as the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH
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.
(I) So they brought the ark of Elohim,
and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they
offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before Elohim.
(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 YAHWEH.
(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. (4) And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of YAHWEH,
and to record, and to thank and praise YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel: (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; (6) Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with
trumpets continually before the Ark of the Covenant of Elohim.
(7) Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank YAHWEH into the hand of Asaph and
his brethren. (8) Give thanks unto YAHWEH, call upon his name, make
known his deeds among the people. (9) Sing unto
him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. (10) Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them
rejoice that seek YAHWEH. (11) Seek YAHWEH
and his strength, seek his face continually. (12)
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments
of his mouth; (13) O ye seed of Israel HIS servant, ye children of Jacob, HIS chosen ones. (14) HE is YAHWEH
our Elohim;
HIS judgments are in all the earth. (15) Be ye
mindful always of HIS covenant; the
word which HE commanded to a thousand generations; (16) Even of
the covenant which HE made with
Abraham, and of HIS oath unto Isaac;
(17) And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, (18) Saying,
Unto thee will I give the land of
Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; (19) When ye
were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. (20)
And when they went from nation to
nation, and from one kingdom to
another people; (21) He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he
reproved kings for their sakes, (22) Saying, Touch not MINE anointed, and do MY
prophets no harm. (23) Sing unto YAHWEH, all the earth; show forth from day to day
his salvation. (24) Declare his glory among the heathen; his
marvellous works among all nations. (25) For
great is YAHWEH, and greatly to be praised:
he also is to be feared above all
elohim. (26) For all the elohim of the people are idols: but YAHWEH made the heavens. (27) Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. (28) Give unto YAHWEH,
ye kindreds of the people, give unto YAHWEH glory and strength. (29) Give unto YAHWEH the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship YAHWEH
in the beauty of holiness. (30) Fear before him, all the
earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. (31) Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice: and let men say among the
nations, YAHWEH
reigneth. (32) Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let
the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
(33) Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the
presence of YAHWEH,
because he cometh to judge the earth. (34) O give
thanks unto YAHWEH;
for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. (35) And say ye, Save us, O Elohim of our salvation, and gather
us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy
holy name, and glory in thy praise. (36) Blessed be
YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel for ever and ever. And all
the people said, Amen, and praised YAHWEH. (37) So he
left there before the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH Asaph and his brethren, to
minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: (38) And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and
eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: (39) And Zadok the priest, and
his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of YAHWEH in the high place that was at Gibeon, (40) To offer burnt offerings unto YAHWEH
upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written
in the Law of YAHWEH,
which he commanded Israel; (41) And with them Heman and
Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give
thanks to YAHWEH,
because his mercy endureth for ever; (42) And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets
and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of
Elohim. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. (43) And all the people departed every man to his
house: and David returned to bless his house.
(I) 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 YAHWEH
remaineth under curtains. (2) Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for Elohim is with
thee. (3) And it came to pass the same night, that the
word of Elohim came to Nathan, saying,
(4) Go and tell David MY servant, Thus saith YAHWEH, Thou shalt not build ME an house to dwell in: (5) For I have not dwelt in an house since the
day that I brought up Israel unto
this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
(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? (7) Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto MY servant David, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, even from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over MY
people Israel: (8) And I
have been with thee whithersoever thou hast 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. (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, (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 YAHWEH
will build thee an house. (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. (12) He shall build ME an house, and I will
stablish his throne for ever. (13) I will be his father, and he shall be MY son: and I will not
take MY mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was
before thee: (14) But I
will settle him in MINE house and in
MY kingdom for ever: and his throne
shall be established for evermore. (15)
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan
speak unto David. (16) And David the king came and sat before YAHWEH,
and said, Who am I, O YAHWEH Elohim, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? (17) And yet this
was a small thing in thine eyes, O Elohim;
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 YAHWEH Elohim. (18) What can
David speak more to thee for the
honour of thy servant? For THOU
knowest thy servant. (19) O YAHWEH, for thy servant's sake, and
according to thine own heart, hast THOU
done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. (20) O YAHWEH,
there is none like thee, neither is there any elohim beside THEE, according to all that we have
heard with our ears. (21) And what one nation in
the earth is like thy people Israel,
whom Elohim 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? (22) For thy people Israel didst THOU make thine own people for ever; and THOU, YAHWEH, becamest their Elohim. (23) Therefore now, YAHWEH, let the thing that THOU hast spoken concerning thy servant
and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as THOU hast said. (24) Let it even be established, that thy name may be
magnified for ever, saying, YAHWEH of hosts is the Elohim of Israel, even an Elohim to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. (25) For THOU, O my Elohim, hast told thy servant that THOU wilt build him an house: therefore
thy servant hath found in his heart to
pray before thee. (26) And now, YAHWEH, THOU
art Elohim,
and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: (27) Now therefore let it please thee to bless the
house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for THOU blessest, O YAHWEH, and it shall be blessed for ever.
(I) 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. (2) And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became
David's servants, and brought gifts. (3) And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto
Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. (4) And David took from him a thousand chariots, and
seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also hocked all the
chariot horses, but reserved of them
an hundred chariots. (5) And when the Syrians of
Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two
and twenty thousand men. (6) Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the
Syrians became David's servants, and brought
gifts. Thus YAHWEH
preserved David whithersoever he went. (7) And David
took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought
them to Jerusalem. (8) Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of
Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen
sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. (9)
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of
Hadarezer king of Zobah; (10) He sent Hadoram his son
to king David, to inquire 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. (11) Them
also king David dedicated unto YAHWEH, 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. (12) Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the
Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. (13) And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the
Edomites became David's servants. Thus YAHWEH preserved David whithersoever he went. (14) So David reigned over all Israel, and executed
judgment and justice among all his people. (15) And Joab
the son of Zeruiah was over the host;
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. (16)
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was
scribe; (17) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief
about the king.
(I) Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the
children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. (2) And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun
the son of Nahash, because his father showed 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. (3) But the princes of the children of Ammon said to
Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee? Are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to
overthrow, and to spy out the land? (4) Wherefore
Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the
midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. (5) Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to
meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at
Jericho until your beards be grown, and then
return. (6) And when the children of Ammon saw that they had
made themselves odious to David, 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. (7) So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots,
and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And
the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came
to battle. (8) And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. (9) And the children of Ammon came out, and put the
battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. (10) Now when Joab saw that the battle was set
against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and
put them in array against the
Syrians. (11) And the rest of the people he delivered unto the
hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves
in array against the children of Ammon. (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. (13) Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves
valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our Elohim: and let YAHWEH
do that which is good in his sight. (14) So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and
they fled before him. (15) And when the children of
Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. (16) And when the Syrians saw that they were put to
the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the
captain of the host of Hadarezer went before
them. (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. (18) 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) 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.
(I) 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. (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. (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. (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. (5) And there
was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the
brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. (6) And yet
again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on
each hand, and six on each foot: and
he also was the son of the giant. (7) But when
he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. (8) These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they
fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
(I) And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to
number Israel. (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. (3) And Joab answered, YAHWEH make his people an hundred
times so many more as they be: but,
my sovereign the king, are they not
all my sovereign 's servants? Why then doth my sovereign require this thing?
Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? (4) Nevertheless
the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went
throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. (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. (6) But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them:
for the king's word was abominable to Joab. (7) And Elohim was displeased with this thing; therefore
he smote Israel. (8) And David said unto Elohim,
I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee,
do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. (9) And YAHWEH spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, (10) Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH,
I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. (11) So Gad came to David, and
said unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH, Choose thee (12) 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 YAHWEH,
even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of YAHWEH destroying throughout all
the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring
again to him that sent me. (13) And David said unto Gad,
I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of YAHWEH; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall
into the hand of man. (14) So YAHWEH sent pestilence upon Israel:
and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. (15)
And Elohim sent an angel unto
Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the
Jebusite. (16) And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel
of YAHWEH
stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand
stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. (17) And David said unto Elohim,
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 YAHWEH my Elohim, be on me, and on my
father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. (18) Then the angel of YAHWEH commanded Gad to say to
David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto YAHWEH in the threshingfloor of
Ornan the Jebusite. (19) And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he
spake in the name of YAHWEH. (20) And
Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid
themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. (21) 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. (22) Then
David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto YAHWEH: thou shalt grant it me for
the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. (23) And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my sovereign 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. (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 YAHWEH,
nor offer burnt offerings without cost. (25) So David
gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. (26) And David built there an altar unto YAHWEH,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon YAHWEH;
and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. (27) And YAHWEH commanded the angel; and he put up his
sword again into the sheath thereof. (28) At that
time when David saw that YAHWEH had answered him in the threshingfloor of
Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. (29)
For the tabernacle of YAHWEH, which Moses made in the wilderness, and
the altar of the burnt offering, were at
that season in the high place at Gibeon. (30) But
David could not go before it to inquire of Elohim:
for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of YAHWEH.
(I) Then David said, This is
the house of YAHWEH Elohim, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for
Israel. (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 Elohim. (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; (4) also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians
and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. (5) And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for YAHWEH 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. (6) Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged
him to build an house for YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (7) And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it
was in my mind to build an house unto the name of YAHWEH my Elohim: (8) But The
Word of YAHWEH came to me, saying, Thou
hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an
house unto MY name, because thou
hast shed much blood upon the earth in MY
sight. (9) Behold, a son shall be 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. (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. (11) Now, my son, YAHWEH
be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of YAHWEH thy Elohim, as he hath said of
thee. (12) Only YAHWEH give thee wisdom and understanding, and
give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the Law of YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
(13) Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to
fulfil the statutes and judgments which YAHWEH charged Moses with concerning Israel: be
strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. (14) Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of YAHWEH an hundred thousand talents
of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron
without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared;
and thou mayest add thereto. (15) Moreover there are workmen with thee in
abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning
men for every manner of work. (16) Of the gold, the silver,
and the brass, and the iron, there is no
number. Arise therefore, and be
doing, and YAHWEH
be with thee. (17) David also commanded all the princes of Israel
to help Solomon his son, saying, (18) Is not
YAHWEH
your Elohim
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 YAHWEH, and before his people. (19) Now set your heart and your soul to seek YAHWEH
your Elohim;
arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of YAHWEH Elohim,
to bring the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH, and the holy vessels of Elohim, into the house that is to be built to the
name of YAHWEH.
(I) So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his
son king over Israel. (2) And he gathered together
all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. (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. (4) Of which, twenty and four
thousand were to set forward the work
of the house of YAHWEH;
and six thousand were officers and
judges: (5) Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised YAHWEH with the instruments which I
made, said David, to praise therewith. (6) And David divided them into courses among the
sons of Levi, namely, Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari. (7) Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. (8) The sons
of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and
Zetham, and Joel, three. (9) The sons of Shimei;
Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. (10) And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. (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. (12) The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and
Uzziel, four. (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 YAHWEH, to minister unto him, and to bless in his
name for ever. (14) Now concerning
Moses the man of Elohim, his
sons were named of the tribe of Levi. (15) The sons
of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. (16) Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. (17) And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the
sons of Rehabiah were very many. (18) Of the
sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. (19) Of the
sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and
Jekameam the fourth. (20) Of the sons of Uzziel;
Micah the first, and Jesiah the second. (21) The sons
of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. (22) And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but
daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. (23) The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and
Jeremoth, three. (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 YAHWEH,
from the age of twenty years and upward. (25) For
David said, YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel hath given rest unto his
people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: (26) And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any
vessels of it for the service thereof. (27) For by
the last words of David the Levites were numbered
from twenty years old and above: (28) Because
their office was to wait on the sons
of Aaron for the service of the house of YAHWEH, 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 Elohim; (29) Both for the showbread, 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; (30) And to
stand every morning to thank and praise YAHWEH, and likewise at even; (31) And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto YAHWEH
in the Sabbaths, in the new moons,
and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them,
continually before YAHWEH: (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 YAHWEH.
(I) Now these are the
divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar. (2) But Nadab and Abihu died before their father,
and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's
office. (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. (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. (5) Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with
another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of Elohim,
were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. (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. (7) Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the
second to Jedaiah, (8) The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, (9) The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, (10) The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, (11) The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, (12) The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, (13) The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to
Jeshebeab, (14) The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
(15) The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to
Aphses, (16) The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to
Jehezekel, (17) The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and
twentieth to Gamul, (18) The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and
twentieth to Maaziah. (19) These were the orderings of them in their
service to come into the house of YAHWEH, according to their manner, under Aaron
their father, as YAHWEH Elohim of Israel had
commanded him. (20) And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram;
Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. (21)
Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. (22) Of the Izharites;
Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. (23)
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel
the third, Jekameam the fourth. (24) Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the
sons of Michah; Shamir. (25) The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah. (26) The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. (27) The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham,
and Zaccur, and Ibri. (28) Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. (29) Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. (30) The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and
Jerimoth. These were the sons of the
Levites after the house of their fathers. (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.
(I) 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: (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. (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 YAHWEH.
(4) Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah,
Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and
Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: (5) All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer
in the words of Elohim,
to lift up the horn. And Elohim
gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. (6)
All these were under the hands of
their father for song in the house of
YAHWEH,
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of Elohim, according to the king's order to Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman. (7) So the number of them,
with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of YAHWEH, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. (8) And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great,
the teacher as the scholar. (9) Now the first lot came
forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and
sons were twelve: (10) The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (11) The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (12) The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (13) The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (14) The seventh to Jesharelah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (15) The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (16) The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (17) The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (18) The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (19) The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (20) The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (21) The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (22) The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (23) The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (24) The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (25) The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (26) The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (27) The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: (28) The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (29) The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (30) The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (31) The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
(I) Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the
sons of Asaph. (2) And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the
third, Jathniel the fourth, (3) Elam the fifth, Jehohanan
the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. (4) Moreover
the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah
the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and
Nethaneel the fifth, (5) Ammiel the sixth, Issachar
the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for Elohim
blessed him. (6) Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that
ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. (7) The sons
of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. (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. (9) And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong
men, eighteen. (10) Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons;
Simri the chief, (for though he was
not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) (11) Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third,
Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. (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 YAHWEH. (13) And they
cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their
fathers, for every gate. (14) And the lot eastward fell
to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots;
and his lot came out northward. (15) To
Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. (16) To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the
causeway of the going up, ward against ward. (17)
Eastward were six Levites, northward
four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. (18) At Parbar westward, four
at the causeway, and two at Parbar. (19) These are the
divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. (20) And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of Elohim,
and over the treasures of the dedicated things. (21) As concerning the sons of Laadan; the
sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were
Jehieli. (22) The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his
brother, which were over the
treasures of the house of YAHWEH. (23) Of the
Amramites, and the Izharites, the
Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: (24) And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of
Moses, was ruler of the treasures. (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) 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. (27) Out of the spoils won in battles did they
dedicate to maintain the house of YAHWEH. (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
whosoever had dedicated any thing, it
was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. (29) Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over
Israel, for officers and judges. (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 YAHWEH, and in the service of the king. (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. (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 Elohim, and affairs of the
king.
(I) 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. (2) Over the first course for
the first month was Jashobeam the son
of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand. (3) Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. (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. (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. (6) This is that Benaiah, who was mighty
among the thirty, and above the
thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad
his son. (7) The fourth captain
for the fourth month was Asahel the
brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (8) The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand.
(9) The sixth captain
for the sixth month was Ira the
son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (10) The
seventh captain for the seventh month
was Helez the Pelonite, of the
children of Ephraim: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand. (11) The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the
Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand. (12) The ninth captain
for the ninth month was Abiezer
the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (13) The
tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the
Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand. (14) The eleventh captain
for the eleventh month was Benaiah
the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (15) The twelfth captain
for the twelfth month was Heldai
the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (16)
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: (17) Of the
Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: (18) Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
(19) Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of
Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: (20) Of the
children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joel the son of Pedaiah: (21) Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the
son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: (22) Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of
Israel. (23) But David took not the number of them from
twenty years old and under: because YAHWEH had said he would increase Israel like to
the stars of the heavens. (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. (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: (26) And over them that did the work of the field for
tillage of the ground was Ezri the
son of Chelub: (27) And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for
the wine cellars was Zabdi the
Shiphmite: (28) And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees
that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the
cellars of oil was Joash: (29) And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the
herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: (30) Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: (31) And over
the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite.
All these were the rulers of the
substance which was king David's. (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: (33) And
Ahithophel was the king's counsellor:
and Hushai the Archite was the king's
companion: (34) And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of
the king's army was Joab.
(I) 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. (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 YAHWEH, and for the footstool of
our Elohim,
and had made ready for the building: (3) But Elohim said unto me, Thou shalt not build an
house for MY name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed
blood. (4) Howbeit YAHWEH Elohim 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: (5) And of all my sons, (for YAHWEH hath given me many sons,) he
hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of YAHWEH
over Israel. (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. (7) Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever,
if he be constant to do MY Commandments
and MY judgments, as at this day. (8) Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the
congregation of YAHWEH,
and in the audience of our Elohim, keep and seek for all the commandments of YAHWEH
your Elohim:
that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. (9) And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the Elohim
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for YAHWEH
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. (10) Take heed now; for YAHWEH
hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. (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 parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, (12) And the pattern of all that he had by the
spirit, of the courts of the house of YAHWEH, and of all the chambers round about, of
the treasuries of the house of Elohim,
and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: (13)
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of
the service of the house of YAHWEH, and for all the vessels of service in the
house of YAHWEH.
(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: (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. (16) And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of
silver: (17) Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the
bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver: (18) And for the altar of incense refined gold by
weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread
out their wings, and covered the Ark
of the Covenant of YAHWEH. (19) All this, said David, YAHWEH made me understand in
writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. (20) And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and
of good courage, and do it: fear not,
nor be dismayed: for YAHWEH Elohim, even my Elohim, 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 YAHWEH.
(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 Elohim:
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.
(I) Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone Elohim hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for YAHWEH Elohim. (2) Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my Elohim 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 colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. (3) Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my Elohim, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my Elohim, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, (4) Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: (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 YAHWEH? (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, (7) And gave for the service of the house of Elohim 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. (8) And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of YAHWEH, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. (9) Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to YAHWEH: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. (10) Wherefore David blessed YAHWEH before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be THOU, YAHWEH Elohim of Israel our father, for ever and ever. (11) Thine, O YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH, and THOU art exalted as head above all. (12) Both riches and honour 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. (13) Now therefore, our Elohim, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. (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. (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. (16) O YAHWEH our Elohim, 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. (17) I know also, my Elohim, 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. (18) O YAHWEH Elohim 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: (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. (20) And David said to all the congregation, Now bless YAHWEH your Elohim. And all the congregation blessed YAHWEH Elohim of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped YAHWEH, and the king. (21) And they sacrificed sacrifices unto YAHWEH, and offered burnt offerings unto YAHWEH, 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: (22) And did eat and drink before YAHWEH on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto YAHWEH to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. (23) Then Solomon sat on the throne of YAHWEH as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. (24) And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. (25) And YAHWEH magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. (26) Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. (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. (28) And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. (29) Now the acts of David the king, first and last, 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, (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.
(I) And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his
kingdom, and YAHWEH
his Elohim
was with him, and magnified him
exceedingly. (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. (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 Elohim,
which Moses the servant of YAHWEH had made in the wilderness. (4) But the ark of Elohim
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. (5) Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son
of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of YAHWEH:
and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. (6)
And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before YAHWEH, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand
burnt offerings upon it. (7) In that night did Elohim appear unto Solomon, and said unto him,
Ask what I shall give thee. (8) And Solomon said unto Elohim,
THOU hast showed great mercy unto
David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. (9) Now, O YAHWEH Elohim,
let thy promise unto David my father be established: for THOU hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in
multitude. (10) Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go
out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? (11) And Elohim
said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked
riches, wealth, or honour, 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: (12) Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth,
and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the
like. (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. (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. (15) And the
king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as
plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance. (16) And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and
linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. (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.
(I) And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of YAHWEH,
and an house for his kingdom. (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. (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. (4) Behold, I build an house to the name of YAHWEH
my Elohim,
to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense,
and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and
evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the
new moons, and on the solemn feasts of YAHWEH our Elohim. This is
an ordinance for ever to Israel. (5) And the
house which I build is great: for
great is our Elohim above all elohim. (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? (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. (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, (9) Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the
house which I am about to build shall be wonderful
great. (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. (11) Then Huram the king of
Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because YAHWEH
hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. (12) Huram said moreover, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim 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 YAHWEH,
and an house for his kingdom. (13) And now I have sent a
cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, (14) The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and
his father was a man of Tyre, skilful
to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in
purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of
graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning
men, and with the cunning men of my sovereign David thy father. (15) Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the
oil, and the wine, which my sovereign hath spoken of, let him send unto his
servants: (16) And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as
thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and
thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. (17) And
Solomon numbered all the 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. (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.
(I) Then Solomon began to build the house of YAHWEH
at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where YAHWEH appeared unto David his father, in the
place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (2) And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth
year of his reign. (3) Now these are
the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of Elohim. The length by cubits after the first
measure was threescore cubits, and
the breadth twenty cubits. (4) And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of
it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height
was an hundred and twenty: and he
overlaid it within with pure gold. (5) And the
greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and
set thereon palm trees and chains. (6) And he
garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. (7) He overlaid also the house, the beams, the
posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved
cherubims on the walls. (8) And he made the most holy
house, the length whereof 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. (9) And the weight of the
nails was fifty shekels of gold. And
he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. (10) And in
the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with
gold. (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.
(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. (13) The
wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood
on their feet, and their faces were inward.
(14) And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought
cherubims thereon. (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. (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. (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.
(I) Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height
thereof. (2) Also he made 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. (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) 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. (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. (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. (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. (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 basins of gold. (9) Furthermore he made the court of the priests,
and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them
with brass. (10) And he set the sea on the right side of the east
end, over against the south. (11) And Huram made the pots,
and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to
make for king Solomon for the house of Elohim; (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; (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. (14) He made
also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; (15)
One Sea, and twelve oxen under it. (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 YAHWEH of bright brass. (17) In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them,
in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. (18) Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great
abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. (19) And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of Elohim, the golden altar also, and the tables
whereon the showbread was set; (20) Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that
they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; (21) And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; (22) And the
snuffers, and the basins, 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.
(I) Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of YAHWEH
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 Elohim. (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 YAHWEH out of the city of David, which is Zion. (3)
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast
which was in the seventh month. (4) And all the elders of Israel came; and the
Levites took up the ark. (5) And they brought 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. (6) Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of
Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen,
which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. (7) And the priests brought in the Ark of the
Covenant of YAHWEH
unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the
cherubims: (8) For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. (9) And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves
were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And
there it is unto this day. (10) There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when YAHWEH
made a covenant with the Children of
Israel, when they came out of Egypt. (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: (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:) (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 YAHWEH;
and when they lifted up their voice
with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised YAHWEH,
saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever: that then the house was
filled with a cloud, even the house
of YAHWEH;
(14) So that the priests could not stand to minister
by reason of the cloud: for the glory of YAHWEH had filled the house of Elohim.
(I) Then said Solomon, YAHWEH hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness. (2) But I have built an house of habitation for
thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. (3)
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and
all the congregation of Israel stood. (4) And he
said, Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, (5) Since the day that I brought forth MY
people out of the land of Egypt I
chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that MY name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over MY people Israel: (6) But I
have chosen Jerusalem, that MY name
might be there; and have chosen David to be over MY people Israel. (7) Now it was in the heart of
David my father to build an house for the name of YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel. (8) But YAHWEH 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: (9) Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house;
but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house
for MY name. (10) YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH promised, and have built the house for the
name of YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel. (11) And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of YAHWEH, that he made with the
Children of Israel. (12) And he stood before the altar of YAHWEH
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: (13) For Solomon had made a brazen 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, (14) And said, O YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, there is no elohim like THEE in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto thy servants, that
walk before thee with all their hearts: (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. (16) Now therefore, O YAHWEH Elohim
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. (17) Now then, O YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, let thy word be verified, which THOU
hast spoken unto thy servant David. (18) But will
Elohim in very deed dwell with men on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less
this house which I have built! (19) Have respect therefore to
the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O YAHWEH my Elohim, to hearken unto the cry and
the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: (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. (21) Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy
servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place:
hear THOU from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when THOU hearest, forgive. (22) If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath
be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in
this house; (23) Then hear THOU
from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by
recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by
giving him according to his righteousness. (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;
(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. (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; (27) 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. (28) If there be dearth in the land, if there be
pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their
enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
sickness there be: (29) Then what
prayer or what supplication soever
shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall
know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
(30) Then hear THOU
from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man
according unto all his ways, whose heart THOU
knowest; (for THOU only knowest the
hearts of the children of men:) (31) That
they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which
THOU gavest unto our fathers. (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; (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. (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; (35) Then hear THOU
from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
(36) 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; (37) 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; (38) 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: (39) 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. (40) Now, my Elohim, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open,
and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (41) Now therefore arise, O YAHWEH Elohim,
into thy resting place, THOU, and
the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O YAHWEH Elohim,
be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. (42) O YAHWEH Elohim,
turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy
servant.
(I) 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 YAHWEH
filled the house. (2) And the priests could not enter into the house
of YAHWEH,
because the glory of YAHWEH had filled YAHWEH’S house. (3) And when all the Children of Israel saw how the
fire came down, and the glory of YAHWEH upon the house, they bowed themselves with
their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised YAHWEH,
saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever. (4) Then the king and all the people offered
sacrifices before YAHWEH. (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 Elohim. (6) And the
priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of YAHWEH,
which David the king had made to praise YAHWEH, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the
priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. (7) Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the
court that was before the house of YAHWEH:
for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings,
because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the
burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. (8) Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast
seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the
entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. (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. (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 YAHWEH had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and
to Israel his people. (11) Thus Solomon finished the
house of YAHWEH,
and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the
house of YAHWEH,
and in his own house, he prosperously effected. (12)
And YAHWEH
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. (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; (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. (15) Now MINE eyes shall be open, and MINE ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (16) For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that MY name may be there for ever: and MINE eyes and MINE heart
shall be there perpetually. (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;
(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. (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 elohim, and worship them; (20) Then will I
pluck them up by the roots out of MY
land which I have given them; and
this house, which I have 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. (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 YAHWEH done thus unto this land,
and unto this house? (22) And it shall be answered,
Because they forsook YAHWEH Elohim of
their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold
on other elohim, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he
brought all this evil upon them.
(I) And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein
Solomon had built the house of YAHWEH, and his own house, (2) That the cities which Huram had restored to
Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the Children of Israel to dwell there. (3) And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed
against it. (4) And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all
the store cities, which he built in Hamath. (5) Also he
built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls,
gates, and bars; (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. (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) 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. (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. (10) And these were
the chief of king Solomon's officers, even
two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. (11) And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh
out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said,
My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark
of YAHWEH
hath come. (12) Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto YAHWEH
on the altar of YAHWEH,
which he had built before the porch, (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. (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 Elohim commanded. (15)
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and
Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. (16) Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto
the day of the foundation of the house of YAHWEH, and until it was finished. So the house of YAHWEH was perfected. (17) Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth,
at the sea side in the land of Edom. (18) And
Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had
knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and
took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
(I) 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. (2) And Solomon told her all her questions: and
there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. (3) And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom
of Solomon, and the house that he had built, (4)
And the 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 YAHWEH; there was no more spirit in
her. (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: (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. (7) Happy are thy
men, and happy are these thy
servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. (8) Blessed be YAHWEH thy
Elohim, which delighted in thee to set thee
on his throne, to be king for YAHWEH thy Elohim:
because thy Elohim
loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over
them, to do judgment and justice. (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. (10) And the servants also of
Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought
algum trees and precious stones. (11) And the
king made of the algum trees terraces
to the house of YAHWEH,
and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were
none such seen before in the land of Judah. (12) And king
Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her 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. (13) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in
one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; (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. (15) And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one
target. (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. (17) Moreover
the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. (18) And there
were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and
stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: (19) And twelve lions stood there on the one side and
on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. (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. (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. (22)
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. (23) And all the kings of the earth sought the
presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that Elohim
had put in his heart. (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. (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. (26) And he
reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. (27) And the
king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the
sycamore trees that are in the low
plains in abundance. (28) And they brought unto
Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. (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? (30) And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
forty years. (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.
(I) And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel
come to make him king. (2) And it came to pass, when
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in
Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
(3) And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and
all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, (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. (5) And he said unto them, Come again unto me after
three days. And the people departed. (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? (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. (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. (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) 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. (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. (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. (13) And the king answered them roughly; and king
Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, (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. (15) So the king hearkened not unto the people: for
the cause was of Elohim,
that YAHWEH
might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to
Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (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. (17) But as for
the Children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned
over them. (18) Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram 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. (19) And Israel rebelled against the house of David
unto this day.
(I) 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. (2) But The
Word of YAHWEH came to Shemaiah the man of Elohim, saying, (3)
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in
Judah and Benjamin, saying, (4) Thus saith YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
(5) And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities
for defence in Judah. (6) He built even Bethlehem,
and Etam, and Tekoa, (7) And Bethzur, and Shoco,
and Adullam, (8) And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, (9) And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, (10) And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced
cities. (11) And he fortified the strong holds, and put
captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. (12) And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having
Judah and Benjamin on his side. (13) And the
priests and the Levites that were in
all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. (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 YAHWEH: (15) And he ordained him priests for the high places,
and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. (16) And after them out of all the tribes of Israel
such as set their hearts to seek YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto YAHWEH Elohim
of their fathers. (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. (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; (19) Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah,
and Zaham. (20) And after her he took Maachah the daughter of
Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. (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.) (22) And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the
chief, to be ruler among his
brethren: for he thought to make him
king. (23) And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his
children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced
city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
(I) And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the
kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the Law of YAHWEH, and all Israel with
him. (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 YAHWEH,
(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. (4) And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to
Jerusalem. (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 YAHWEH,
Ye have forsaken ME, and therefore
have I also left you in the hand of
Shishak. (6) Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king
humbled themselves; and they said, YAHWEH is righteous.
(7) And when YAHWEH saw that they humbled themselves, The Word of YAHWEH
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. (8) Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that
they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. (9) So Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of YAHWEH, and the treasures of the
king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which
Solomon had made. (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. (11) And when the king entered into the house of YAHWEH,
the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
(12) And when he humbled himself, the wrath of YAHWEH
turned from him, that he would not destroy him
altogether: and also in Judah things went well. (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 YAHWEH had chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. (14) And he
did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek YAHWEH. (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. (16) And Rehoboam slept with
his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in
his stead.
(I) Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to
reign over Judah. (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. (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. (4) And Abijah stood up upon
mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; (5) Ought ye not to know that YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? (6) Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of
Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his sovereign.
(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. (8) And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of YAHWEH
in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be
a great multitude, and there are with
you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for elohim. (9) Have ye not cast out the priests of YAHWEH,
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 elohim. (10) But as for us, YAHWEH is our Elohim, and we have not forsaken him; and the
priests, which minister unto YAHWEH, are
the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait
upon their business: (11) And they burn unto YAHWEH every morning and every
evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table;
and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for
we keep the charge of YAHWEH our Elohim; but ye have forsaken him. (12) And, behold, Elohim
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 YAHWEH
Elohim of your fathers; for ye shall not
prosper. (13) But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about
behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. (14) And when Judah looked
back, behold, the battle was before
and behind: and they cried unto YAHWEH, and the priests sounded with the
trumpets. (15) Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the
men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that Elohim
smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. (16) And the Children of Israel fled before Judah:
and Elohim delivered them into
their hand. (17) And Abijah and his people slew them with a great
slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
(18) Thus the Children of Israel were brought under
at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon YAHWEH Elohim of their fathers. (19) And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took
cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns
thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. (20)
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and YAHWEH
struck him, and he died. (21) But Abijah waxed mighty,
and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen
daughters. (22) And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his
ways, and his sayings, are written in
the story of the prophet Iddo.
(I) 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. (2) And Asa did that
which was good and right in the eyes of YAHWEH his Elohim: (3) For he took away the altars of the strange elohim, and the high places, and brake
down the images, and cut down the groves: (4) And
commanded Judah to seek YAHWEH Elohim of
their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. (5) Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah
the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. (6) And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the
land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because YAHWEH had given him rest. (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 YAHWEH
our Elohim,
we have sought him, and he hath given
us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. (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. (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. (10) Then Asa went out against him, and they set the
battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. (11) And Asa cried unto YAHWEH his Elohim, and said, YAHWEH,
it is nothing with thee to help,
whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O YAHWEH
our Elohim;
for we rest on thee, and in THY name
we go against this multitude. O YAHWEH, THOU
art our Elohim; let not man prevail against
thee. (12) So YAHWEH smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and
before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. (13) And Asa
and the people that were with him pursued
them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not
recover themselves; for they were destroyed before YAHWEH, and before his host; and
they carried away very much spoil. (14) And they
smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of YAHWEH came upon them: and they
spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. (15) They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried
away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
(I) And the Spirit of Elohim
came upon Azariah the son of Oded: (2) And he
went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and
Benjamin; YAHWEH
is with you, while ye be with him;
and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will
forsake you. (3) Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true Elohim,
and without a teaching priest, and without law. (4)
But when they in their trouble did turn unto YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. (5)
And in those times there was no peace
to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the
countries. (6) And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of
city: for Elohim did vex them with all adversity.
(7) Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands
be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. (8) And when
Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage,
and put away the 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 YAHWEH,
that was before the porch of YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH his Elohim was with him. (10) So they gathered
themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of
the reign of Asa. (11) And they offered unto YAHWEH the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred
oxen and seven thousand sheep. (12) And they entered into a
covenant to seek YAHWEH Elohim of their fathers
with all their heart and with all their soul; (13)
That whosoever would not seek YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (14) And they sware unto YAHWEH with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. (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 YAHWEH
gave them rest round about. (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. (17) But the
high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa
was perfect all his days. (18) And he brought into the
house of Elohim the things that his
father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels. (19) And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
(I) 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. (2) Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the
treasures of the house of YAHWEH and of the king's house, and sent to
Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, (3) There is a
league between me and thee, as there was between
my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break
thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. (4) And 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. (5) And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah,
and let his work cease. (6) Then Asa the king took all
Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. (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 YAHWEH thy
Elohim, therefore is the host of the king
of Syria escaped out of thine hand. (8) Were not
the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and
horsemen? Yet, because thou didst rely on YAHWEH, he delivered them into thine hand. (9) For the eyes of YAHWEH run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect
toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou
shalt have wars. (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. (11) And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last,
lo, they are written in the book of
the kings of Judah and Israel. (12) And 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 YAHWEH, but to the physicians. (13) And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the
one and fortieth year of his reign. (14) And they
buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had 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.
(I) And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened
himself against Israel. (2) And he placed forces in
all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in
the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. (3) And YAHWEH was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in
the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; (4) But sought to YAHWEH Elohim
of his father, and walked in HIS
Commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. (5) Therefore YAHWEH stablished the kingdom in his hand; and
all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in
abundance. (6) And his heart was lifted up in the ways of YAHWEH:
moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. (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. (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. (9) And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the Law of YAHWEH with them, and went
about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. (10) And the fear of YAHWEH fell upon all the kingdoms
of the lands that were round about
Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. (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. (12) And
Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities
of store. (13) And he had much business in the cities of Judah:
and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were
in Jerusalem. (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. (15) And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore
thousand. (16) And next him was
Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto YAHWEH;
and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. (17) And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour,
and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. (18) And next him was
Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared
for the war. (19) These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities
throughout all Judah.
(I) Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and
joined affinity with Ahab. (2) And after certain years he went down to Ahab to
Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the
people that he had with him, and
persuaded him to go up with him to
Ramothgilead. (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. (4)
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at The Word of YAHWEH
to day. (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 Elohim
will deliver it into the king's hand.
(6) But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of YAHWEH besides, that we might inquire of him? (7) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may
inquire of YAHWEH:
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. (8) And the
king of Israel called for one of his officers,
and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. (9)
And the king of Israel and 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. (10) And
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith YAHWEH,
With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. (11) And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go
up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for YAHWEH shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (12) And the
messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of
the prophets declare good to the king
with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs,
and speak thou good. (13) And Micaiah said, As YAHWEH liveth, even what my Elohim saith, that will I speak. (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.
(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 YAHWEH?
(16) Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered
upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and YAHWEH said, These have no master;
let them return therefore every man
to his house in peace. (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) Again he said, Therefore hear The Word of YAHWEH;
I saw YAHWEH
sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand
and on his left. (19) And YAHWEH 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. (20) Then there came out a spirit, and stood before YAHWEH,
and said, I will entice him. And YAHWEH said unto him, Wherewith? (21) And he said, I will go out, and be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And YAHWEH said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go
out, and do even so. (22) Now therefore, behold, YAHWEH hath put a lying spirit in
the mouth of these thy prophets, and YAHWEH hath spoken evil against thee. (23) Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near,
and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of YAHWEH
from me to speak unto thee? (24) And Micaiah said, Behold,
thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide
thyself. (25) Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah,
and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
son; (26) And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with
bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. (27) And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in
peace, then hath not YAHWEH
spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. (28) So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. (29) And the
king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to
the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself;
and they went to the battle. (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. (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 YAHWEH helped him; and Elohim
moved them to depart from him. (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. (33) And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and
smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said
to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host;
for I am wounded. (34) And the battle increased that day: howbeit the
king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until
the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
(I) And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in
peace to Jerusalem. (2) And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to
meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the morally wrong,
and love them that hate YAHWEH? Therefore is wrath upon thee from before YAHWEH. (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 Elohim. (4) And
Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from
Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto YAHWEH Elohim
of their fathers. (5) And he set judges in the land throughout all the
fenced cities of Judah, city by city, (6) And said
to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for YAHWEH,
who is with you in the judgment. (7) Wherefore now let the fear of YAHWEH
be upon you; take heed and do it: for
there is no iniquity with YAHWEH
our Elohim,
nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. (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 YAHWEH, and for controversies, when they returned
to Jerusalem. (9) And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in
the fear of YAHWEH,
faithfully, and with a perfect heart. (10) And what
cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities,
between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments,
ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against YAHWEH, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye
shall not trespass. (11) And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of YAHWEH;
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 YAHWEH shall be with the good.
(I) 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. (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.
(3) And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek YAHWEH,
and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. (4) And Judah
gathered themselves together, to ask help
of YAHWEH:
even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek YAHWEH. (5) And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of
Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of YAHWEH, before the new court, (6) And said, O YAHWEH Elohim of
our fathers, art not THOU Elohimin 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? (7) Art not
THOU our Elohim, 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? (8) And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a
sanctuary therein for THY name,
saying, (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. (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; (11) Behold, I
say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which THOU hast given us to inherit. (12) O our Elohim, wilt THOU
not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh
against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. (13) And all Judah stood
before YAHWEH,
with their little ones, their wives, and their children. (14) Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son
of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of
Asaph, came the Spirit of YAHWEH in the midst of the congregation; (15) And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith YAHWEH
unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the
battle is not yours, but Elohim’s.
(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. (17) Ye shall
not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of YAHWEH
with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out
against them: for YAHWEH will
be with you. (18) And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before YAHWEH, worshipping YAHWEH.
(19) And the Levites, of the children of the
Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise YAHWEH Elohim of Israel with a loud voice on high. (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 YAHWEH
your Elohim,
so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. (21) And when he had consulted with the people, he
appointed singers unto YAHWEH, and that should praise the beauty of
holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise YAHWEH;
for his mercy endureth for ever. (22) And when they began to sing and to praise, YAHWEH
set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were
come against Judah; and they were smitten. (23) For the
children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir,
utterly to slay and destroy them: and
when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to
destroy another. (24) And when Judah came 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. (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
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. (26) And on the fourth day they assembled themselves
in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed YAHWEH: therefore the name of the
same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. (27) Then they returned, every man of Judah and
Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem
with joy; for YAHWEH
had made them to rejoice over their enemies. (28)
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the
house of YAHWEH.
(29) And the fear of Elohim
was on all the kingdoms of those countries,
when they had heard that YAHWEH fought against the enemies of Israel. (30) So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his Elohim
gave him rest round about. (31) And Jehoshaphat reigned
over Judah: he was thirty and five
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah
the daughter of Shilhi. (32) And he walked in the way
of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH. (33) Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for
as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the Elohim of their fathers. (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. (35) And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah
join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: (36) And he joined himself with him to make ships to
go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. (37) Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah
prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with
Ahaziah, YAHWEH
hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go
to Tarshish.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And their father gave them
great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities
in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. (4) Now when Jehoram was risen
up 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. (5) Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (6) And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
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 YAHWEH.
(7) Howbeit YAHWEH 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. (8) In his
days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made
themselves a king. (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. (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 YAHWEH Elohim
of his fathers. (11) Moreover he made high places in the mountains of
Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and
compelled Judah thereto. (12) And there came a writing to him from Eliyah the
prophet, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy
father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, (13)
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a 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: (14) Behold, with a great plague will YAHWEH
smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: (15) And thou shalt
have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by
reason of the sickness day by day. (16) Moreover
YAHWEH
stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians,
that were near the Ethiopians: (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. (18) And
after all this YAHWEH
smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. (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. (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.
(I) And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest
son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the
camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
reigned. (2) Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah
the daughter of Omri. (3) He also walked in the ways
of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. (4) Wherefore he did evil in the sight of YAHWEH
like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his
father to his destruction. (5) He walked also after their
counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against
Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. (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. (7)
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of Elohim by
coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu
the son of Nimshi, whom YAHWEH had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
(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. (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 YAHWEH with all his heart. So the house of
Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. (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. (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. (12) And he was with them hid in the house of Elohim six years: and Athaliah reigned over the
land.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And all the congregation
made a covenant with the king in the house of Elohim.
And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as YAHWEH
hath said of the sons of David. (4) This is the thing that ye shall do; A third
part of you entering on the Sabbath,
of the priests and of the Levites, shall
be porters of the doors; (5) And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a
third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of YAHWEH.
(6) But let none come into the house of YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH. (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. (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. (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 Elohim. (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. (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, Elohim save the king. (12) Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people
running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of YAHWEH:
(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 music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then
Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. (14) Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the
captains of 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 YAHWEH. (15) So they laid hands on her; and when she was come
to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. (16) And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and
between all the people, and between the king, that they should be YAHWEH’S
people. (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. (18)
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of YAHWEH by the hand of the priests
the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of YAHWEH, to offer the burnt
offerings of YAHWEH,
as it is written in the law of Moses,
with rejoicing and with singing, as it
was ordained by David. (19) And he set the porters at
the gates of the house of YAHWEH, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. (20) And he took the captains of hundreds, and the
nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and
brought down the king from the house of YAHWEH: and they came through the high gate into
the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. (21) And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the
city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
(I) 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. (2) And Joash did that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH all the days of Jehoiada the
priest. (3) And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he
begat sons and daughters. (4) And it came to pass after
this, that Joash was minded to repair
the house of YAHWEH.
(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 Elohim from year to year, and see that ye hasten
the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it
not. (6) And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and
said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of
Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according
to the commandment of Moses the servant of YAHWEH, and of the congregation of
Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? (7) For the
sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of Elohim; and also all the dedicated things of the
house of YAHWEH
did they bestow upon Baalim. (8) And at the king's
commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of YAHWEH.
(9) And they made a proclamation through Judah and
Jerusalem, to bring in to YAHWEH the collection that Moses the servant of Elohim laid upon Israel in the wilderness. (10) And all the princes and all the people rejoiced,
and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. (11) 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. (12) And the king and Jehoiada
gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of YAHWEH,
and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of YAHWEH, and also such as wrought
iron and brass to mend the house of YAHWEH. (13) So the
workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of Elohim in his state, and strengthened it. (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 YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH continually all the days of Jehoiada. (15) But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days
when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. (16) And they
buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in
Israel, both toward Elohim,
and toward his house. (17) Now after the death of
Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the
king hearkened unto them. (18) And they left the house
of YAHWEH
Elohim of their fathers, and served groves
and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. (19) Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them
again unto YAHWEH;
and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. (20) And the Spirit of Elohim
came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the
people, and said unto them, Thus saith Elohim,
Why transgress ye the commandments of YAHWEH, that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have
forsaken YAHWEH,
he hath also forsaken you. (21) And they conspired
against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the
court of the house of YAHWEH. (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, YAHWEH look upon it, and require it. (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) For the army of the Syrians came with a small company
of men, and YAHWEH
delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken YAHWEH Elohim of their fathers. So they executed
judgment against Joash. (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 died: and they buried him in the city of David, but
they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. (26) And these are they that conspired against him;
Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a
Moabitess. (27) Now concerning
his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of Elohim, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his
son reigned in his stead.
(I) 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. (2) And he did that
which was right in the sight of YAHWEH, but not with a perfect heart. (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. (4) But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where YAHWEH
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. (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. (6) He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of
valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. (7) But there came a man of Elohim
to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for YAHWEH is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. (8) But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: Elohim
shall make thee fall before the enemy: for Elohim
hath power to help, and to cast down. (9) And
Amaziah said to the man of Elohim,
But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of
Israel? And the man of Elohim
answered, YAHWEH
is able to give thee much more than this. (10) Then
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army
that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger
was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. (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. (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. (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. (14) Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come
from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the elohim of the children
of Seir, and set them up to be his
elohim, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. (15) Wherefore the anger of YAHWEH was kindled against Amaziah,
and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after
the elohim of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine
hand? (16) And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that
the king said unto him, Art thou made
of the king's counsel? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet
forbare, and said, I know that Elohim
hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not
hearkened unto my counsel. (17) Then Amaziah king of
Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. (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. (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? (20) But Amaziah would not
hear; for it came of Elohim, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after
the elohim of Edom. (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. (22) And
Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. (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. (24) And he took all the gold and the silver, and
all the vessels that were found in the house of Elohim
with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and
returned to Samaria. (25) And Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years. (26) Now the rest of the acts
of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they
not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? (27) Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away
from following YAHWEH
they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but
they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. (28) And they brought him upon horses, and buried him
with his fathers in the city of Judah.
(I) Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king
in the room of his father Amaziah. (2) He built
Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (3) 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. (4) And he did that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH,
according to all that his father Amaziah did. (5)
And he sought Elohim in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of Elohim:
and as long as he sought YAHWEH, Elohim
made him to prosper. (6) And he went forth and
warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall
of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the
Philistines. (7) And Elohim
helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in
Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. (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. (9) Moreover
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate,
and at the turning of the wall, and
fortified them. (10) 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:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers in
the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. (11) Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men,
that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the
hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. (12) The whole number of the chief of the fathers of
the mighty men of valour were two
thousand and six hundred. (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. (14) And Uzziah prepared for
them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons,
and bows, and slings to cast stones. (15) And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by
cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and
great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously
helped, till he was strong. (16) But when he was strong,
his heart was lifted up to his destruction:
for he transgressed against YAHWEH his Elohim, and went into the temple of YAHWEH
to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (17) And
Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of YAHWEH,
that were valiant men: (18) And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said
unto him, It appertaineth not unto
thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto YAHWEH, but to the priests the sons of Aaron,
that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast
trespassed; neither shall it be for
thine honour from YAHWEH Elohim. (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 YAHWEH,
from beside the incense altar. (20) And Azariah the chief
priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they
thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because YAHWEH
had smitten him. (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 YAHWEH: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the
people of the land. (22) Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and
last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. (23) So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried
him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
(I) 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. (2) And he did that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH,
according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the
temple of YAHWEH.
And the people did yet corruptly. (3) He built
the high gate of the house of YAHWEH, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (4) Moreover he built cities in the mountains of
Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. (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. (6) So Jotham became mighty,
because he prepared his ways before YAHWEH his Elohim. (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. (8) He was five and twenty years old when he began
to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. (9) And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they
buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
(I) 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 YAHWEH,
like David his father: (2) For he walked in the ways
of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. (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 YAHWEH had cast out before the Children of Israel. (4) He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high
places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. (5) Wherefore YAHWEH his Elohim 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. (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 YAHWEH Elohim
of their fathers. (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. (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. (9) But a prophet of YAHWEH was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the
host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because YAHWEH Elohim of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he
hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. (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 YAHWEH
your Elohim?
(11) Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives
again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of YAHWEH is upon you. (12) Then certain of the heads of the children of
Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and
Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against
them that came from the war, (13) And said unto them, Ye
shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against YAHWEH 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. (14) So the armed men left the
captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. (15) And the men which were expressed by name rose
up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were 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. (16) At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings
of Assyria to help him. (17) For again the Edomites
had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. (18) The Philistines also had invaded the cities of
the 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. (19) For YAHWEH brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of
Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against YAHWEH.
(20) And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto
him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. (21) For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of YAHWEH, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he
helped him not. (22) And in the time of his distress did he trespass
yet more against YAHWEH: this is that king
Ahaz. (23) For he sacrificed unto the elohim of Damascus,
which smote him: and he said, Because the elohim 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. (24) And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the
house of Elohim, and cut in pieces the
vessels of the house of Elohim,
and shut up the doors of the house of YAHWEH, and he made him altars in every corner of
Jerusalem. (25) And in every several city of Judah he made high
places to burn incense unto other elohim, and provoked to anger YAHWEH Elohim of his fathers. (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. (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.
(I) 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. (2) And he did that which was right in the sight of YAHWEH,
according to all that David his father had done. (3) He
in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the
house of YAHWEH,
and repaired them. (4) And he brought in the priests and the Levites,
and gathered them together into the east street, (5)
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify
the house of YAHWEH
Elohim of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place. (6) For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of YAHWEH
our Elohim,
and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of YAHWEH,
and turned their backs. (7) Also they have shut up the doors of the porch,
and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings
in the holy place unto the Elohim
of Israel. (8) Wherefore the wrath of YAHWEH was upon Judah and
Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to
hissing, as ye see with your eyes. (9) For, lo,
our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our
wives are in captivity for this. (10) Now it is in
mine heart to make a covenant with YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. (11) My sons, be not now negligent: for YAHWEH
hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister
unto him, and burn incense. (12) Then the Levites arose,
Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the
Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the
son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the
son of Joah: (13) And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel:
and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: (14) And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei:
and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. (15) And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified
themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of
YAHWEH,
to cleanse the house of YAHWEH. (16) And the
priests went into the inner part of the house of YAHWEH, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness
that they found in the temple of YAHWEH into the court of the house of YAHWEH.
And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. (17) Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the
month came they to the porch of YAHWEH: so they sanctified the house of YAHWEH
in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. (18) Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and
said, We have cleansed all the house of YAHWEH, and the altar of burnt offering, with all
the vessels thereof, and the showbread table, with all the vessels thereof. (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 YAHWEH.
(20) Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered
the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH.
(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. (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: (24) And the priests killed them, and they made
reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all
Israel: for the king commanded that the
burnt offering and the sin offering should
be made for all Israel. (25) And he set the Levites in
the house of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
by his prophets. (26) And the Levites stood with the instruments of
David, and the priests with the trumpets. (27) And
Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the
burnt offering began, the song of YAHWEH began also
with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. (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) And when they had made an end of offering, the
king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. (30) Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes
commanded the Levites to sing praise unto YAHWEH with the words of David, and of Asaph the
seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and
worshipped. (31) Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have
consecrated yourselves unto YAHWEH, come near and bring sacrifices and thank
offerings into the house of YAHWEH. And the congregation brought in
sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt
offerings. (32) And the number of the burnt offerings, which the
congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to YAHWEH.
(33) And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. (34) But the priests were too few, so that they could
not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help
them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify
themselves than the priests. (35) And also the burnt offerings
were in abundance, with the fat of
the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of YAHWEH
was set in order. (36) And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that Elohim had prepared the people: for the thing was
done suddenly.
(I) And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters
also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of YAHWEH
at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover unto YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (2) For the king had taken counsel, and his princes,
and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second
month. (3) For they could not keep it at that time, because
the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people
gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. (4) And the
thing pleased the king and all the congregation. (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 YAHWEH Elohim of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not
done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. (6) So the posts went with the letters from the king
and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the
commandment of the king, saying, Ye Children of Israel, turn again unto YAHWEH Elohim 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. (7) And be not ye like your fathers, and like your
brethren, which trespassed against YAHWEH Elohim of
their fathers, who therefore gave
them up to desolation, as ye see. (8) Now be ye
not stiffnecked, as your fathers were,
but yield yourselves unto YAHWEH, and enter into his sanctuary, which he
hath sanctified for ever: and serve YAHWEH your Elohim, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn
away from you. (9) For if ye turn again unto YAHWEH, your brethren and your
children shall find compassion before
them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for YAHWEH
your Elohim
is gracious and merciful, and will
not turn away his face from you, if
ye return unto him. (10) So the posts passed from city to city through
the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to
scorn, and mocked them. (11) Nevertheless divers of
Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. (12) Also in Judah the hand of Elohim
was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes,
by The Word of YAHWEH.
(13) And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to
keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great
congregation. (14) And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars
for incense took they away, and cast them
into the brook Kidron. (15) Then they killed the
Passover on the 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 YAHWEH.
(16) And they stood in their place after their
manner, according to the law of Moses the man of Elohim:
the priests sprinkled the blood, which
they received of the hand of the Levites. (17)
For there were many in the
congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of
the killing of the Passovers for every one that
was not clean, to sanctify them unto
YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH
pardon every one (19) That prepareth
his heart to seek Elohim, YAHWEH Elohim of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. (20) And YAHWEH hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the
people. (21) And the Children of Israel that were present at
Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness:
and the Levites and the priests praised YAHWEH day by day, singing with loud instruments unto YAHWEH. (22) And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the
Levites that taught the good knowledge of YAHWEH: and they did eat throughout the feast
seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to YAHWEH Elohim of their fathers. (23) And the whole assembly took counsel to keep
other seven days: and they kept other seven
days with gladness. (24) For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the
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. (25) And all
the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the
congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the
land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. (26) So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since
the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. (27)
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was
heard, and their prayer came up to
his holy dwelling place, even unto
heaven.
(I) 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. (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 YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH. (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. (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 YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and laid them by heaps. (7) In the third month they began to lay the
foundation of the heaps, and finished them
in the seventh month. (8) And when Hezekiah and the
princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed YAHWEH, and his people Israel. (9) Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and
the Levites concerning the heaps. (10) And
Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings
into the house of YAHWEH, we have had enough to eat, and have left
plenty: for YAHWEH
hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. (11) Then
Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of YAHWEH; and they prepared them, (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. (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 Elohim. (14) And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter
toward the east, was over the
freewill offerings of Elohim,
to distribute the oblations of YAHWEH, and the most holy things. (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: (16) Beside their genealogy of males, from three
years old and upward, even unto every
one that entereth into the house of YAHWEH, his daily portion for their service in
their charges according to their courses; (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; (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: (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. (20) And thus
did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before YAHWEH his Elohim. (21) And in every work that he began in the service
of the house of Elohim, and
in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his Elohim, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
(I) 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. (2) And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come,
and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, (3) He took counsel with his princes and his mighty
men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. (4) So there was gathered much people together, who
stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the
land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? (5) Also he strengthened himself, and built up all
the wall that was broken, and raised it up
to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and
shields in abundance. (6) And he set captains of war
over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of
the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, (7) Be
strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor
for all the multitude that is with
him: for there be more with us than
with him: (8) With him is
an arm of flesh; but with us is YAHWEH
our Elohim
to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the
words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (9) After
this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (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, (10) Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon
do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? (11) Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over
yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, YAHWEH our Elohim shall deliver us out of the
hand of the king of Assyria? (12) Hath not the same
Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and
Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
(13) Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto
all the people of other lands? Were
the elohim of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands
out of mine hand? (14) Who was
there among all the elohim of those nations that my fathers utterly
destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your Elohim
should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? (15)
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner,
neither yet believe him: for no elowahh 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 Elohim deliver you out of mine hand? (16) And his servants spake yet more against YAHWEH Elohim,
and against his servant Hezekiah. (17) He wrote
also letters to rail on YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the elohim of the nations of other lands have not delivered their
people out of mine hand, so shall not the Elohim of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine
hand. (18) Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were
on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take
the city. (19) And they spake against the Elohim of Jerusalem, as against the
elohim of the people of the earth, which
were the work of the hands of man. (20) And for
this cause Hezekiah the king, and the
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. (21) And YAHWEH 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 elohim, they that came forth of his own bowels slew
him there with the sword. (22) Thus YAHWEH saved Hezekiah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and
from the hand of all other, and
guided them on every side. (23) And many brought gifts
unto YAHWEH
to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified
in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. (24)
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto YAHWEH:
and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. (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. (26)
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of YAHWEH came not upon them in the days of
Hezekiah. (27) And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and
honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for
precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of
pleasant jewels; (28) Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and
wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. (29) Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions
of flocks and herds in abundance: for Elohim
had given him substance very much. (30) This
same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it
straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in
all his works. (31) Howbeit in the
business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to
inquire of the wonder that was done in
the land, Elohim left him, to try him,
that he might know all that was in
his heart. (32) Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his
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. (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 honour at his death. And
Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
(I) Manasseh was twelve
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in
Jerusalem: (2) But did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, like unto the abominations of the
heathen, whom YAHWEH
had cast out before the Children of Israel. (3) For he
built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he
reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of
heaven, and served them. (4) Also he built altars in
the house of YAHWEH,
whereof YAHWEH
had said, In Jerusalem shall MY name
be for ever. (5) And he built altars for all the host of heaven
in the two courts of the house of YAHWEH. (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 YAHWEH,
to provoke him to anger. (7) And he set a carved image,
the idol which he had made, in the house of Elohim,
of which Elohim 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: (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. (9) So Manasseh made Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to
do worse than the heathen, whom YAHWEH had destroyed before the Children of
Israel. (10) And YAHWEH spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but
they would not hearken. (11) Wherefore YAHWEH
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. (12) And when he was in affliction, he besought YAHWEH
his Elohim,
and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim of his fathers, (13) And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of
him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his
kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that YAHWEH he was
Elohim.
(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. (15) And he took away the strange elohim, and the
idol out of the house of YAHWEH, and all the altars that he had built in
the mount of the house of YAHWEH, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. (16) And he repaired the altar of YAHWEH,
and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah
to serve YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel. (17) Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in
the high places, yet unto YAHWEH
their Elohim
only. (18) Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his
prayer unto his Elohim,
and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel. (19) His prayer also, and how Elohim was entreated 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. (20) So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they
buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (21) Amon was two
and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in
Jerusalem. (22) But he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon
sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and
served them; (23) And humbled not himself before YAHWEH,
as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. (24) And his servants conspired against him, and slew
him in his own house. (25) But the people of the
land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the
land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
(I) Josiah was eight
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty
years. (2) And he did that
which was right in the sight of YAHWEH, and walked in the ways of David his
father, and declined neither to the
right hand, nor to the left. (3) For in the eighth year of
his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the Elohim
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. (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. (5) And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their
altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. (6) And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and
Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. (7) And when he had broken down the altars and the
groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the
idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. (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 YAHWEH his Elohim. (9) And when
they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought
into the house of Elohim,
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. (10) And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had
the oversight of the house of YAHWEH, and they gave it to the workmen that
wrought in the house of YAHWEH, to repair and amend the house: (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. (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 music. (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. (14) And when they brought out the money that was
brought into the house of YAHWEH, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the Law of YAHWEH
given by Moses. (15) And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the
scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of YAHWEH. And Hilkiah delivered the
book to Shaphan. (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. (17) And they have gathered together the money that
was found in the house of YAHWEH, and have delivered it into the hand of
the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. (18)
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me
a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. (19)
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent
his clothes. (20) And 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, (21) Go,
inquire of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH
that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept The Word of YAHWEH,
to do after all that is written in this book. (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 Hasrah, keeper
of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to
her to that effect. (23) And she answered them, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you
to ME, (24) Thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants
thereof, even all the curses that are
written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: (25) Because they have forsaken ME, and have burned incense unto other elohim, 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. (26) And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to
inquire of YAHWEH,
so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel concerning the words which
thou hast heard; (27) Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst
humble thyself before Elohim,
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 YAHWEH. (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. (29) Then the
king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. (30) And the king went up into the house of YAHWEH,
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 YAHWEH.
(31) And the king stood in his place, and made a
covenant before YAHWEH,
to walk after YAHWEH,
and to keep HIS Commandments, and HIS testimonies, and HIS statutes, with all his heart, and
with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in
this book. (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 Elohim,
the Elohim
of their fathers. (33) And Josiah took away all the abominations out of
all the countries that pertained to
the Children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve YAHWEH their Elohim. And all his days they departed not from following YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of their fathers.
(I) Moreover Josiah kept a Passover unto YAHWEH in Jerusalem: and they
killed the Passover on the fourteenth day
of the first month. (2) And he set the priests in
their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of YAHWEH,
(3) And said unto the Levites that taught all
Israel, which were holy unto YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and his people Israel, (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. (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. (6) So kill the Passover, and
sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to The
Word of YAHWEH by the hand of Moses. (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 thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. (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 Elohim, gave unto the priests
for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. (9) Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and 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. (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. (11) And they killed the Passover, and the priests
sprinkled the blood from their hands,
and the Levites flayed them. (12) And they removed the burnt offerings, that they
might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer
unto YAHWEH,
as it is written in the book of
Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
(13) And they roasted the Passover with fire
according to the ordinance: but the other
holy offerings sod they in pots,
and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them
speedily among all the people. (14) And
afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the
priests the sons of Aaron 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. (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. (16) So all the service of YAHWEH was prepared the same day,
to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of YAHWEH,
according to the commandment of king Josiah. (17)
And the Children of Israel that were present kept the Passover at that time,
and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. (18)
And there was no Passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel
the prophet; neither did 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. (19) In the
eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept. (20) After all this, when Josiah had prepared the
temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates:
and Josiah went out against him. (21) But he
sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of
Judah? I come not against thee this
day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for Elohim
commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with Elohim,
who is with me, that he destroy thee
not. (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 Elohim,
and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. (23) And the
archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away;
for I am sore wounded. (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. (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. (26) Now the rest of the acts
of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that
which was written in the Law of YAHWEH, (27) And his
deeds, first and last, behold, they are written
in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
(I) Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. (2) Jehoahaz was
twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three
months in Jerusalem. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH his Elohim. (6) Against
him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry
him to Babylon. (7) Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of
the house of YAHWEH
to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. (8) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his
abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (9) Jehoiachin was
eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten
days in Jerusalem: and he did that which
was evil in the sight of YAHWEH. (10) And when
the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon,
with the goodly vessels of the house of YAHWEH, and made Zedekiah his brother king over
Judah and Jerusalem. (11) Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he
began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. (12) And he did that
which was evil in the sight of YAHWEH his Elohim, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of YAHWEH. (13) And he
also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by Elohim: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened
his heart from turning unto YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (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 YAHWEH which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. (15) And YAHWEH Elohim 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: (16) But they mocked the messengers of Elohim, and despised his words, and misused his
prophets, until the wrath of YAHWEH arose against his people, till there was no remedy. (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. (18) And all the vessels of the house of Elohim, great and small, and the treasures of the
house of YAHWEH,
and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. (19) And they
burnt the house of Elohim,
and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with
fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. (20) And them that had escaped from the sword carried
he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the
reign of the kingdom of Persia: (21) To
fulfil The Word of YAHWEH by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land
had enjoyed her Sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
Sabbath, to fulfil threescore and
ten years. (22) Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
that The Word of YAHWEH spoken by the
mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, YAHWEH 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, (23) Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the
kingdoms of the earth hath YAHWEH Elohim 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? YAHWEH
his Elohim
be with him, and let him go up.
(I) Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that The Word of YAHWEH
by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, YAHWEH 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, (2) Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, YAHWEH Elohim 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. (3) Who is
there among you of all his people? His
Elohim be with him, and let him go up to
Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and
build the house of YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, (he is the Elohim,)
which is in Jerusalem. (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 Elohim that is
in Jerusalem. (5) Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah
and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit Elohim
had raised, to go up to build the house of YAHWEH which is
in Jerusalem. (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. (7) Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of
the house of YAHWEH,
which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in
the house of his elohim; (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. (9) And this is the number of them: thirty chargers
of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, (10) Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second
sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. (11) All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All
these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought
up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
(I) 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) Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah,
Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number
of the men of the people of Israel: (3) The
children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (4) The children of Shephatiah, three hundred
seventy and two. (5) The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and
five. (6) The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of
Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight
hundred and twelve. (7) The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred
fifty and four. (8) The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and
five. (9) The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and
threescore. (10) The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
(11) The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and
three. (12) The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred
twenty and two. (13) The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and
six. (14) The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and
six. (15) The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and
four. (16) The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and
eight. (17) The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and
three. (18) The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. (19) The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and
three. (20) The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. (21) The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and
three. (22) The men of Netophah, fifty and six. (23) The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and
eight. (24) The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. (25) The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and
Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. (26) The
children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. (27) The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. (28) The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and
three. (29) The children of Nebo, fifty and two. (30) The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and
six. (31) The children of the other Elam, a thousand two
hundred fifty and four. (32) The children of Harim,
three hundred and twenty. (33) The children of Lod,
Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. (34)
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. (35) The children of Senaah, three thousand and six
hundred and thirty. (36) The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the
house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (37)
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. (38)
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. (39) The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
(40) The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel,
of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. (41)
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. (42) The children of the porters: the children of
Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub,
the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. (43)
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of
Tabbaoth, (44) The children of Keros, the children of Siaha,
the children of Padon, (45) The children of Lebanah,
the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, (46)
The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, (47) The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
the children of Reaiah, (48) The children of Rezin,
the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, (49)
The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, (50) The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim,
the children of Nephusim, (51) The children of Bakbuk,
the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, (52)
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, (53) The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera,
the children of Thamah, (54) The children of Neziah,
the children of Hatipha. (55) The children of Solomon's
servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of
Peruda, (56) The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon,
the children of Giddel, (57) The children of
Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the
children of Ami. (58) All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's
servants, were three hundred ninety
and two. (59) And these were
they which went up from Telmelah,
Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer:
but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (60) The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah,
the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. (61) And of the children of the priests: the children
of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife
of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: (62) 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. (63) 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. (64) The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred
and threescore, (65) 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. (66)
Their horses were seven hundred
thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; (67) Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and
twenty. (68) And some of
the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of YAHWEH which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of Elohim to set it up in his place: (69) They gave after their ability unto the treasure
of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound
of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. (70)
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.
(I) And when the seventh month was come, and the Children of
Israel were in the cities, the people
gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. (2) Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his
brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren,
and builded the altar of the Elohim of Israel, to offer burnt offerings
thereon, as it is written in the law
of Moses the man of Elohim. (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 YAHWEH, even
burnt offerings morning and evening. (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; (5) And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of
all the set feasts of YAHWEH that were consecrated, and of every one
that willingly offered a freewill offering unto YAHWEH. (6) From the first day of the seventh month began
they to offer burnt offerings unto YAHWEH. But the foundation of the temple of YAHWEH
was not yet laid. (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. (8)
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of Elohim
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 YAHWEH. (9) 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 Elohim:
the sons of Henadad, with their sons
and their brethren the Levites. (10) And when
the builders laid the foundation of the temple of YAHWEH, they set the priests in
their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to
praise YAHWEH,
after the ordinance of David king of Israel. (11)
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto YAHWEH;
because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all
the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised YAHWEH, because the foundation of
the house of YAHWEH
was laid. (12) But many of the priests and Levites and chief of
the fathers, who were ancient men,
that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid
before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: (13) So that the people could not discern the noise
of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people
shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
(I) Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that
the children of the captivity builded the temple unto YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel; (2) 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 Elohim,
as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto
him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. (3) But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the
chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us
to build an house unto our Elohim; but we ourselves together will build unto
YAHWEH Elohim of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of
Persia hath commanded us. (4) Then the people of the
land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, (5) And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate
their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of
Darius king of Persia. (6) And in the reign of
Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and
Jerusalem. (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. (8) Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe
wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: (9) Then wrote
Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their
companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites,
the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (10) 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. (11) 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. (12) 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. (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. (14) Now
because we have maintenance from the
king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour,
therefore have we sent and certified the king; (15)
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt
thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto
kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old
time: for which cause was this city destroyed. (16)
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. (17) 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. (18) The letter which ye sent unto us hath been
plainly read before me. (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. (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. (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. (22) Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should
damage grow to the hurt of the kings? (23) Now when
the copy of king 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. (24) Then ceased the work of the house of ELAH
which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased
unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
(I) 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 ELAH of Israel, even unto them. (2) Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of ELAH
which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of ELAH
helping them. (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? (4) Then said we unto them after this manner, What
are the names of the men that make this building? (5) But the eye of their ELAH 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. (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: (7) They sent a letter unto
him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. (8) Be it known unto the king, that we went into the
province of Judea, to the house of the great ELAH, which is builded with great
stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and
prospereth in their hands. (9) Then asked we those
elders, and said unto them thus, Who
commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? (10) We asked their names also, to certify thee, that
we might write the names of the men that were
the chief of them. (11) And thus they returned us
answer, saying, We are the servants of the ELAH 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. (12) But after that our fathers had provoked the ELAH 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. (13) But in the first year of Cyrus the king of
Babylon the same king Cyrus made a
decree to build this house of ELAH. (14) And the
vessels also of gold and silver of the house of ELAH, 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; (15) And said unto him, Take
these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of ELAH be builded in his place. (16) Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of ELAH
which is in Jerusalem: and since that
time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. (17) 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 ELAH at Jerusalem, and let the king send his
pleasure to us concerning this matter.
(I) Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in
the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. (2) And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace
that is in the province of the Medes,
a roll, and therein was a record thus
written: (3) In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of ELAH 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; (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: (5) And also let the golden
and silver vessels of the house of ELAH, 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 ELAH. (6) Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the
river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from
thence: (7) Let the work of this house of ELAH
alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house
of ELAH
in his place. (8) Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the
elders of these Jews for the building of this house of ELAH: 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. (9) And that which they have need of, both young
bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the ELAH 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: (10) That
they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the ELAH of heaven, and pray for the
life of the king, and of his sons. (11) Also I
have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled
down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his
house be made a dunghill for this. (12) And the ELAH
that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that
shall put to their hand to alter and to
destroy this house of ELAH which is
at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. (13) 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. (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 ELAH of Israel, and according to the commandment
of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. (15) And this house was finished on the third day of
the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (16) And the Children of Israel, the priests, and the
Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of
this house of ELAH
with joy, (17) And offered at the dedication of this house of ELAH an
hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering
for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of
Israel. (18) And they set the priests in their divisions, and
the Levites in their courses, for the service of ELAH, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. (19) And the children of the captivity kept the
Passover upon the fourteenth day of
the first month. (20) For the priests and the Levites 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. (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 YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, did eat, (22) And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven
days with joy: for YAHWEH had made them joyful, and turned the heart
of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the
house of Elohim, the Elohim
of Israel.
(I) Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of
Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, (2) The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of
Ahitub, (3) The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son
of Meraioth, (4) The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of
Bukki, (5) The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son
of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: (6)
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was
a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the
hand of YAHWEH
his Elohim
upon him. (7) And there went up some of the Children of Israel, and of the priests, and the
Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem,
in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. (8) And he
came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was
in the seventh year of the king. (9) For upon
the first day of the first month
began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good
hand of his Elohim
upon him. (10) For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of YAHWEH,
and to do it, and to teach in Israel
statutes and judgments. (11) Now this is the copy of the letter that the king
Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of YAHWEH, and of HIS statutes to Israel. (12) Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest,
a scribe of the law of the ELAH of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. (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. (14) Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of
his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to
the law of thy ELAH
which is in thine hand; (15) And to carry the silver and gold, which the king
and his counsellors have freely offered unto the ELAH of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, (16) And all the silver and gold that thou canst find
in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and
of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their ELAH which is in Jerusalem: (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 ELAH
which is in Jerusalem. (18) And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to
thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the
will of your ELAH.
(19) The vessels also that are given thee for the
service of the house of thy ELAH, those
deliver thou before the ELAH of Jerusalem. (20)
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy ELAH, which thou shalt have
occasion to bestow, bestow it out of
the king's treasure house. (21) And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a
decree to all the treasurers which are beyond
the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the ELAH of
heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, (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. (23) Whatsoever is commanded by the ELAH of
heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the ELAH of heaven: for why should
there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? (24) Also we certify you, that touching any of the
priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of
ELAH,
it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. (25) And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy ELAH,
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 ELAH;
and teach ye them that know them not.
(26) And whosoever will not do the law of thy ELAH,
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. (27)
Blessed be YAHWEH Elohim
of our fathers, which hath put such a
thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of YAHWEH
which is in Jerusalem: (28) 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 YAHWEH my Elohim was upon
me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
(I) 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. (2) Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of
Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. (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. (4) Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of
Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. (5) Of the
sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. (6) Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of
Jonathan, and with him fifty males. (7) And of
the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. (8) And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son
of Michael, and with him fourscore males. (9) Of the
sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen
males. (10) And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of
Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. (11) And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of
Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. (12) And of
the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten
males. (13) And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and
Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. (14) Of the
sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. (15) And I gathered them together to the river that
runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the
people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (16) Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for
Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan,
and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for
Elnathan, men of understanding. (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 Elohim. (18) And by the good hand of our Elohim 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; (19) And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons
of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; (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. (21) Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our Elohim, to seek of him a right way
for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. (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 Elohim is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his
wrath is against all them that forsake
him. (23) So we fasted and besought our Elohim
for this: and he was entreated of us. (24) Then I
separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of
their brethren with them, (25) And weighed unto them the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even
the offering of the house of our Elohim, which the king, and his counsellors, and
his princes, and all Israel there present,
had offered: (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; (27) Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams;
and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. (28) And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto YAHWEH; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto YAHWEH Elohim of
your fathers. (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 YAHWEH. (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 Elohim. (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 Elohim was upon us, and he delivered us from the
hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. (32) And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three
days. (33) Now on the fourth day was the silver and the
gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our Elohim 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; (34) By number and
by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. (35) Also the
children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the
captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the Elohim 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 YAHWEH.
(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 Elohim.
(I) Now when these things were done, the princes came to me,
saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not
separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. (2) For they have taken of their daughters for
themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves
with the people of those lands: yea,
the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. (3) And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment
and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat
down astonied. (4) Then were assembled unto me every one that
trembled at the words of the Elohim of Israel, because of the transgression of
those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening
sacrifice. (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 YAHWEH my Elohim, (6) And said,
O my Elohim,
I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my Elohim: for our iniquities are
increased over our head, and our
trespass is grown up unto the heavens. (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. (8) And now for a little space grace hath been showed from YAHWEH our Elohim, to leave us a remnant to
escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our Elohim may lighten our eyes, and
give us a little reviving in our bondage. (9) For we were bondmen; yet our Elohim
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
Elohim,
and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in
Jerusalem. (10) And now, O our Elohim, what shall we say after
this? For we have forsaken THY
Commandments, (11) Which THOU
hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go
to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the
lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another
with their uncleanness. (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. (13) And
after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass,
seeing that THOU our Elohim
hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,
and hast given us such deliverance
as this; (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?
(15) O YAHWEH Elohim 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.
(I) Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping
and casting himself down before the house of Elohim,
there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and
women and children: for the people wept very sore. (2) And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and
said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our Elohim, and have taken strange
wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning
this thing. (3) Now therefore let us make a covenant with our Elohim
to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the
counsel of my sovereign, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our Elohim;
and let it be done according to the law. (4) Arise;
for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will
be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. (5) Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the
Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word.
And they sware. (6) Then Ezra rose up from before the house of Elohim, 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. (7) And they made proclamation throughout Judah and
Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather
themselves together unto Jerusalem; (8) And that
whosoever 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. (9) Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered
themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house
of Elohim, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. (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. (11) Now therefore make confession unto YAHWEH Elohim of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and
separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. (12) Then all the congregation answered and said with
a loud voice, As THOU hast said, so
must we do. (13) But the people 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. (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 thereof, until the fierce wrath of our Elohim
for this matter be turned from us. (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. (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. (17) And they made an end with all the men that had
taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. (18) And among the sons of the priests there were
found 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. (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. (20) And of
the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. (21) And of
the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Eliyah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. (22) And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah,
Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (23) Also of
the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. (24) Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the
porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. (25) Moreover
of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin,
and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. (26) And of
the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and
Eliah. (27) And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. (28)
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. (29) And of the sons of Bani;
Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. (30) And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal,
Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. (31) And of the
sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, (32) Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. (33) Of the sons of Hashum;
Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. (34) Of the sons of Bani;
Maadai, Amram, and Uel, (35) Benaiah, Bedeiah,
Chelluh, (36) Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, (37) Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, (38) And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, (39) And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, (40) Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, (41) Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, (42) Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. (43) Of the sons of Nebo;
Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. (44) All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had
children.
(I) 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, (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. (3) And they said unto me, The
remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach:
the wall of Jerusalem also is broken
down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. (4) And it came to pass, when I heard these words,
that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain
days, and fasted, and prayed before the Elohim of heaven, (5) And said, I beseech thee, O YAHWEH Elohim
of heaven, the great and terrible El, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that
love him and observe HIS Commandments:
(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. (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. (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: (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. (10) Now these are
thy servants and thy people, whom THOU
hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. (11) O my Sovereign , 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.
(I) And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth
year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine
was before him: and I took up the
wine, and gave it unto the king. Now
I had not been beforetime sad in his
presence. (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, (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? (4) Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou
make request? So I prayed to the Elohim of heaven. (5)
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found
favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my
fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. (6) And the
king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy
journey be? And when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I
set him a time. (7) Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the
king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may
convey me over till I come into Judah; (8) And a
letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber
to make beams for the gates of the 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 Elohim
upon me. (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. (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. (11) So I
came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (12)
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my Elohim had put in my heart to do at
Jerusalem: neither was there any beast
with me, save the beast that I rode upon. (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. (14)
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. (15) Then went I up in the night by the brook, and
viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. (16) And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what
I did; neither had I as yet told it to
the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the
rest that did the work. (17) Then said I unto them, Ye
see the distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates
thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem,
that we be no more a reproach. (18) Then I told them of the
hand of my Elohim
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. (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? (20) Then answered I them, and said unto them, The Elohim
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.
(I) 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. (2) And next unto him builded the men of Jericho.
And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. (3)
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof. (4) And next
unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto
them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next
unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (5) And next
unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the
work of their sovereign. (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. (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. (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. (9) And next
unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of
Jerusalem. (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. (11) Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son
of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. (12) And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of
Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. (13) The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung
gate. (14) But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of
Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. (15) But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun
the son of 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. (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
David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. (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. (18) After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son
of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. (19) And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua,
the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at
the turning of the wall. (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. (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. (22) And
after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. (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. (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. (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. (26) Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate
toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. (27)
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower
that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. (28)
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his
house. (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. (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. (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. (32) And
between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths
and the merchants.
(I) 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. (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? (3) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go
up, he shall even break down their stone wall. (4)
Hear, O our Elohim;
for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them
for a prey in the land of captivity: (5) And cover
not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for
they have provoked thee to anger
before the builders. (6) So built we the wall; and
all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a
mind to work. (7) But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the
Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be
stopped, then they were very wroth, (8) And
conspired all of them together to come and
to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. (9) Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our Elohim,
and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (10) And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of
burdens is decayed, and there is much
rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. (11) And our adversaries said, They shall not know,
neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the
work to cease. (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. (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. (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 my Sovereign , which
is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your
daughters, your wives, and your houses. (15) And it
came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and Elohim had brought their counsel to nought, that
we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. (16) And it came to pass from that time forth, that 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. (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. (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. (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. (20) In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto
us: our Elohim
shall fight for us. (21) So we laboured in the work: and half of them
held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. (22) Likewise at the same time said I unto the
people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the
night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. (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.
(I) And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives
against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there
were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. (3) Some also there were that said, We have
mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of
the dearth. (4) There were also that said, We have borrowed
money for the king's tribute, and that
upon our lands and vineyards. (5) Yet now
our flesh is as the flesh of our
brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our
sons and our 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. (6) And I was
very angry when I heard their cry and these words. (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. (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. (9) Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our Elohim
because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? (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. (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. (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. (13) Also I shook my lap, and said, So Elohim shake out every man from his house, and
from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out,
and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised YAHWEH.
And the people did according to this promise. (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. (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 Elohim. (16) Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall,
neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. (17)
Moreover there were at my table an
hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from
among the heathen that are about us. (18) Now that which
was 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. (19) Think upon me, my Elohim, for good, according to all that I have done for
this people.
(I) 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;) (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. (3) And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot
come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? (4) Yet they sent unto me four times after this
sort; and I answered them after the same manner. (5)
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an
open letter in his hand; (6) Wherein was written, It is reported among the
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. (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. (8) Then I sent unto him,
saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them
out of thine own heart. (9) For they all made us
afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not
done. Now therefore, O Elohim, strengthen my hands. (10) Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the
son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was
shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of Elohim, within the temple, and let us shut the
doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they
come to slay thee. (11) And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who
is there, that, being as I am, would go
into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. (12) And, lo, I perceived that Elohim
had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah
and Sanballat had hired him. (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. (14) My Elohim, 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. (15) So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth
day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. (16) And it came to pass, 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 Elohim.
(17) Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent
many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters
of Tobiah came unto them. (18) For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son
of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of
Berechiah. (19) Also they reported his good deeds before me, and
uttered my words to him. And Tobiah
sent letters to put me in fear.
(I) Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set
up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, (2) That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the
ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared Elohim
above many. (3) And I said unto them, Let not the gates of
Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand 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. (4) Now the city was
large and great: but the people were few
therein, and the houses were not
builded. (5) And my Elohim 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, (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)
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; (8) the children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred
seventy and two. (9) The children of Shephatiah, three hundred
seventy and two. (10) The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
(11) The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of
Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. (12) The children of Elam, a
thousand two hundred fifty and four. (13) The
children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. (14)
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. (15) The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and
eight. (16) The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and
eight. (17) The children of Azgad, two thousand three
hundred twenty and two. (18) The children of Adonikam,
six hundred threescore and seven. (19) The
children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. (20) The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and
five. (21) The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and
eight. (22) The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and
eight. (23) The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and
four. (24) The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. (25) The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. (26) The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred
fourscore and eight. (27) The men of Anathoth, an
hundred twenty and eight. (28) The men of Bethazmaveth,
forty and two. (29) The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and
Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. (30) The men
of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. (31)
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. (32) The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and
three. (33) The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. (34) The children of the other Elam, a thousand two
hundred fifty and four. (35) The children of Harim,
three hundred and twenty. (36) The children of Jericho,
three hundred forty and five. (37) The children of Lod, Hadid,
and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. (38) The
children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. (39) The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the
house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (40)
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. (41)
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. (42) The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
(43) The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel,
and of the children of Hodevah,
seventy and four. (44) The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred
forty and eight. (45) The porters: the children of Shallum, the
children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children
of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. (46) The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the
children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, (47)
The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, (48) The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba,
the children of Shalmai, (49) The children of Hanan, the
children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, (50) The
children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, (51) The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza,
the children of Phaseah, (52) The children of Besai,
the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, (53) The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha,
the children of Harhur, (54) The children of Bazlith,
the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, (55)
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, (56) The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
(57) The children of Solomon's servants: the children
of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, (58) The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon,
the children of Giddel, (59) The children of
Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the
children of Amon. (60) All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's
servants, were three hundred ninety
and two. (61) And these were
they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they
could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. (62) The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah,
the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. (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. (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. (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. (66) The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred
and threescore, (67) 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. (68) Their horses, seven
hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: (69) Their camels,
four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. (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
basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. (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. (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. (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.
(I) And all the people gathered themselves together as one man
into 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 YAHWEH
had commanded to Israel. (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. (3) And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the
morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could
understand; and the ears of all the people were
attentive unto the book of the law. (4) And 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. (5) And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the
people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the
people stood up: (6) And Ezra blessed YAHWEH, the great Elohim.
And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
bowed their heads, and worshipped YAHWEH with their
faces to the ground. (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) So they read in the book in the law of Elohim distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused
them to understand the reading. (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 YAHWEH your Elohim; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people
wept, when they heard the words of the law. (10) Then he
said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send
portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our
Sovereign:
neither be ye sorry; for the joy of YAHWEH is your strength. (11) So the Levites stilled all the people, saying,
Hold your peace, for the day is holy;
neither be ye grieved. (12) And all the people went
their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth,
because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. (13) And on the second day were 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. (14) And they found written in the law which YAHWEH
had commanded by Moses, that the Children of Israel should dwell in booths in
the feast of the seventh month: (15) And that
they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in 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. (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 Elohim, and in the street of
the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. (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. (18) Also day
by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of
Elohim. And they kept the feast seven days; and
on the eighth day was a solemn
assembly, according unto the manner.
(I) 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. (2) And the seed of Israel separated themselves from
all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their
fathers. (3) And they stood up in their place, and read in
the book of the Law of YAHWEH their Elohim one fourth
part of the day; and another fourth
part they confessed, and worshipped YAHWEH their Elohim. (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 YAHWEH their Elohim. (5) Then the
Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless YAHWEH your Elohim for ever and ever: and
blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (6) THOU,
even THOU, art YAHWEH
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. (7) THOU art YAHWEH
the Elohim,
who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and
gavest him the name of Abraham; (8) And
foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a 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) And didst see the affliction of our fathers in
Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea; (10)
And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on
all the people of his land: for THOU
knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst THOU get thee a name, as it
is this day. (11) And THOU
didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the
sea on the dry land; and their persecutors THOU
threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. (12) Moreover THOU
leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of
fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. (13) Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and
spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws,
good statutes and commandments: (14) And
madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath,
and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy
servant: (15) And gavest them bread from heaven for their
hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst,
and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which THOU hadst sworn to give them. (16) But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and
hardened their necks, and hearkened not to THY
Commandments, (17) And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy
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 ELOAH [or Elowahh] ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. (18) Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and
said, This is thy Elohim that brought thee up out
of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; (19)
Yet THOU in thy manifold mercies
forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not
from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night,
to show them light, and the way wherein they should go. (20) THOU
gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna
from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. (21) Yea, forty years didst THOU sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their
feet swelled not. (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. (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.
(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. (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. (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. (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 saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their
enemies. (28) But after they had rest, they did evil again
before thee: therefore leftest THOU
them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet
when they returned, and cried unto thee, THOU
heardest them from heaven; and many
times didst THOU deliver them
according to thy mercies; (29) And testifiedst against
them, that THOU mightest bring them
again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto THY Commandments, but sinned against THY judgments, (which if a man do, he
shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and
would not hear. (30) Yet many years didst THOU forbear them, and testifiedst 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. (31) Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake THOU didst not utterly consume them,
nor forsake them; for THOU art a gracious and merciful El. (32) Now therefore, our Elohim, the great, the mighty, and
the terrible El,
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. (33) Howbeit THOU art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right,
but we have done wickedly: (34) Neither have our kings,
our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto THY Commandments and THY testimonies, wherewith thou didst
testify against them. (35) For they have not served
thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in
the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from
their wicked works. (36) Behold, we are
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: (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. (38) And
because of all this we make a sure covenant,
and write it; and our princes,
Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
(I) Now those that sealed were,
Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, (2) Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, (3) Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, (4) Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, (5) Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, (6) Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, (7) Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, (8) Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. (9) And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah,
Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; (10) And
their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, (11) Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, (12) Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, (13) Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. (14) The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab,
Elam, Zatthu, Bani, (15) Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, (16) Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, (17) Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, (18) Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, (19) Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, (20) Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, (21) Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, (22) Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, (23) Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, (24) Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, (25) Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, (26) And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, (27) Malluch, Harim, Baanah. (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 Elohim, their wives, their sons, and their
daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; (29) They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and
entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in Elohim's
law, which was given by Moses the servant of Elohim,
and to observe and do all the commandments
of YAHWEH our Sovereign, and his judgments and HIS statutes; (30) And that we would not give our daughters unto
the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: (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. (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 Elohim;
(33) For the showbread, 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 Elohim. (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 Elohim,
after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon
the altar of YAHWEH
our Elohim,
as it is written in the law: (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 YAHWEH:
(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
Elohim,
unto the priests that minister in the house of our Elohim: (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 Elohim; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that
the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (38) And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with
the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the
tithe of the tithes unto the house of our Elohim, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
(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 Elohim.
(I) 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. (2) And the people blessed all the men, that
willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. (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. (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; (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. (6) All the sons of Perez that
dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred
threescore and eight valiant men. (7) And these
are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the
son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the
son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. (8) And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred
twenty and eight. (9) And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. (10) Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib,
Jachin. (11) Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of Elohim. (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, (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, (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. (15) Also of the Levites:
Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son
of Bunni; (16) And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the
Levites, had the oversight of the
outward business of the house of Elohim. (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. (18) All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. (19) Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their
brethren that kept the gates, were an
hundred seventy and two. (20) And the residue of
Israel, of the priests, and the
Levites, were in all the cities of
Judah, every one in his inheritance. (21) But the
Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. (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 Elohim. (23) For it was
the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be
for the singers, due for every day. (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. (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, (26) And at
Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, (27) And at
Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the
villages thereof, (28) And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the
villages thereof, (29) And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, (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. (31)
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt
at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in
their villages, (32) And at
Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, (33) Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, (34) Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, (35) Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. (36) And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
(I) Now these are the
priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, (2) Amariah,
Malluch, Hattush, (3) Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, (4) Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, (5) Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, (6) Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, (7) Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of
their brethren in the days of Jeshua. (8) Moreover
the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over
the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. (9) Also
Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over
against them in the watches. (10) And Jeshua begat Joiakim,
Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, (11) And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat
Jaddua. (12) And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the
chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; (13) Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; (14) Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; (15) Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; (16) Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; (17) Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah,
Piltai; (18) Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; (19) And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; (20) Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; (21) Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. (22) The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and
Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded
chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. (23) The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the
chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. (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 Elohim,
ward over against ward. (25) Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters
keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. (26)
These were in the days of Joiakim the
son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor,
and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. (27) And at
the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all
their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness,
both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. (28) And the
sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country
round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; (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. (30) And the priests and the Levites purified
themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. (31) Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the
wall, and appointed two great companies
of them that gave thanks, whereof one
went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: (32) And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the
princes of Judah, (33) And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, (34) Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
(35) And certain
of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely,
Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,
the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: (36) And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael,
Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical
instruments of David the man of Elohim,
and Ezra the scribe before them. (37) And at
the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of
the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even
unto the water gate eastward. (38) And the other company of them that gave thanks went
over against them, and I after them,
and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces
even unto the broad wall; (39) And from above the gate
of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of
Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still
in the prison gate. (40) So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of Elohim, and I, and the half of the rulers with
me: (41) And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah,
with trumpets; (42) And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and
Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang
loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (43) Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and
rejoiced: for Elohim 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. (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. (45) And both the singers and the porters kept the
ward of their Elohim,
and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. (46) For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs
of praise and thanksgiving unto Elohim. (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.
(I) 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 Elohim
for ever; (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 Elohim
turned the curse into a blessing. (3) Now it
came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all
the mixed multitude. (4) And before this, Eliashib
the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our Elohim,
was allied unto Tobiah: (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. (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: (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 Elohim. (8) And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth
all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. (9) Then I commanded, and they cleansed the
chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of Elohim, with the meat offering and the
frankincense. (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. (11) Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why
is the house of Elohim
forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. (12) Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and
the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. (13)
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the
scribe, and of the 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. (14) Remember
me, O my Elohim,
concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house
of my Elohim,
and for the offices thereof. (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. (16) There
dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and
sold on the Sabbath unto the
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. (17) Then I
contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day? (18) Did not your fathers thus, and did not our Elohim
bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? Yet ye bring more wrath upon
Israel by profaning the Sabbath. (19) And it came to pass, that when the gates of
Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath,
I commanded that the 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. (20) So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware
lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. (21) Then I
testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? If ye
do so again, I will lay hands on you.
From that time forth came they no more on
the Sabbath. (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 Elohim,
concerning this also, and spare me
according to the greatness of thy mercy. (23) In those
days also saw I Jews that had married
wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of
Moab: (24) And their children spake half in the speech of
Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the
language of each people. (25) And I contended with
them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair,
and made them swear by Elohim, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters
unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. (26) Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these
things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of
his Elohim,
and Elohim made him king over all
Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. (27) Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this
great evil, to transgress against our Elohim in marrying strange wives? (28) And one of
the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him
from me. (29) Remember them, O my Elohim, because they have defiled
the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. (30) Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and
appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; (31) And for the wood offering, at times appointed,
and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my Elohim, for good.
(I) 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:) (2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus
sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was
in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of his
reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of
Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: (4) When he showed the riches
of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even and hundred and fourscore days. (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; (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. (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. (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. (9) Also Vashti the queen made
a feast for the women in the royal
house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
(10) On the seventh day, when the heart of the king
was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence
of Ahasuerus the king, (11) To bring Vashti the queen
before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her
beauty: for she was fair to look on. (12) But the queen Vashti refused to come at the
king's commandment by his chamberlains:
therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. (13) Then the king said to the wise men, which knew
the times, (for so was the king's
manner toward all that knew law and judgment: (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;)
(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? (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. (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. (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. (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, 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. (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 honour, both to great and small. (21) And the saying pleased the king and the princes;
and the king did according to the word of Memucan: (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.
(I) 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) Then said the king's servants that ministered
unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: (3) And let the king appoint officers in all the
provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young
virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of
Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for
purification be given them: (4) And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be
queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. (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; (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. (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. (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. (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. (10) Esther had not showed her people nor her
kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it. (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. (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;) (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. (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. (15) Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of
Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to
go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's
chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in
the sight of all them that looked upon her. (16) So
Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month,
which is the month Tebeth, in the
seventh year of his reign. (17) And the king loved Esther
above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than
all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her
queen instead of Vashti. (18) Then the king made a
great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and
gave gifts, according to the state of the king. (19)
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat
in the king's gate. (20) Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her:
for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up
with him. (21) In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's
gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept
the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. (22) And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther
certified the king thereof in
Mordecai's name. (23) And when inquisition was made of the matter, it
was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in
the book of the chronicles before the king.
(I) After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son
of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the
princes that were with him. (2) And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and
reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai
bowed not, nor did him reverence. (3) Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? (4) Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto
him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether
Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. (5) And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor
did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. (6)
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had showed him
the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai. (7) 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. (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. (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. (10) And the king took his ring from his hand, and
gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. (11) And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do
with them as it seemeth good to thee. (12) Then
were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and
there was written according to all that Haman had 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. (13) 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. (14) 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. (15) 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.
(I) 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; (2)
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. (3) 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. (4) 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. (5) 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. (6) So Hatach
went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. (7) And
Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the
money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to
destroy them. (8) Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the
decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it
unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make
supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. (9) And Hatach came and told Esther the words of
Mordecai. (10) Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him
commandment unto Mordecai; (11) All the king's servants,
and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or
woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law 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. (12) And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. (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. (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? (15) Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this
answer, (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. (17) So
Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
(I) 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. (2) And it
was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight:
and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the
sceptre. (3) Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen
Esther? And what is thy request? It
shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. (4) And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day
unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. (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. (6) And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of
wine, What is thy petition? And it
shall be granted thee: and what is thy
request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (7) Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and
my request is; (8) If I have found favour in the sight of the king,
and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let
the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I
will do to morrow as the king hath said. (9) Then went
Haman forth that day joyful and 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. (10) Nevertheless Haman
refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends,
and Zeresh his wife. (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. (12) Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did
let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but
myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. (13) Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I
see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. (14)
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made
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.
(I) 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. (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. (3) And the king said, What honour and dignity hath
been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered
unto him, There is nothing done for him. (4) And the
king said, Who is in the court? Now
Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the
king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. (5) And the king's servants said unto him, Behold,
Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. (6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him,
What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman
thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to
myself? (7) And Haman answered the king, For the man whom
the king delighteth to honour, (8) Let the royal apparel be
brought which the king useth to wear,
and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon
his head: (9) And let this apparel and horse be delivered to
the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to
honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim
before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to
honour. (10) Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as
thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's
gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. (11) Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and
arrayed Mordecai, and 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 honour. (12) And Mordecai came again to
the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head
covered. (13) And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his
friends 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. (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.
(I) So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
(2) And the king said again unto Esther on the
second day at the banquet of wine, What is
thy petition, queen Esther? And it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? And it shall be
performed, even to the half of the
kingdom. (3) Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I
have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life
be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: (4) For we are sold, I and my people, to be
destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and
bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the
king's damage. (5) Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto
Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart
to do so? (6) And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was
afraid before the king and the queen. (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. (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 the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. (9)
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the
gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken
good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him
thereon. (10) So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had
prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
(I) On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman
the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for
Esther had told what he was unto her.
(2) And the king took off his ring, which he had
taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the
house of Haman. (3) And Esther spake yet again before the king, and
fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of
Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. (4) Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward
Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, (5) And said, If it please the king, and if I have
found favour in his sight, and the thing seem
right before the king, and I be pleasing
in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son
of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: (6) For how can I endure to see the evil that shall
come unto my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? (7) Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the
queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman,
and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the
Jews. (8) Write ye also 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. (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
thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according
to their writing, and according to their language. (10) And he wrote in the 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: (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, (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. (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. (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. (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. (16) The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and
honour. (17) And in every province, and in every city,
whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had 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.
(I) 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 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;) (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. (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. (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. (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. (6) And in Shushan the palace
the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. (7)
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, (8) And
Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, (9) And
Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, (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. (11) On that day the number of those that were slain
in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. (12) And the king said unto Esther the queen, The
Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the
ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? Now
what is thy petition? And it shall be
granted thee: or what is thy request
further? And it shall be done. (13) Then said Esther, If it
please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's
decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. (14) And the king commanded it so to be done: and the
decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. (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. (16) But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their
enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not
their hands on the prey, (17) On the thirteenth day of
the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it
a day of feasting and gladness. (18) But the
Jews that were at Shushan assembled
together on the thirteenth day thereof,
and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and
gladness. (19) Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt
in the 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. (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, (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, (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. (23) And the
Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; (24) Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the
Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy
them, and had cast Pur, that is, the
lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; (25) But when
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. (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, (27) The Jews
ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined
themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two
days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; (28) And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every
family, every province, and every city; and that
these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial
of them perish from their seed. (29) Then
Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all
authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. (30) And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to
the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, (31) To confirm these days of Purim in their 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. (32) And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters
of Purim; and it was written in the book.
(I) And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. (2) And all the acts of his power and of his might,
and the 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? (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.
(I) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and
upright, and one that feared Elohim,
and eschewed evil. (2) And there were born unto him seven sons and
three daughters. (3) His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and
three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she
asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the
men of the east. (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. (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 Elohim in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
(6) Now there was a day when the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before YAHWEH,
and Satan came also among them. (7) And YAHWEH
said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered YAHWEH, and said, From going to and
fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (8) And YAHWEH 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 Elohim,
and escheweth evil? (9) Then Satan answered YAHWEH, and said, Doth Job fear Elohim for nought? (10)
Hast not THOU made an hedge about
him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? THOU hast blessed the work of his
hands, and his substance is increased in the land. (11) But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that
he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. (12)
And YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH. (13) And
there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: (14) And there came a messenger unto Job, and said,
The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: (15) And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants
with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (16) While he was
yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of Elohim 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. (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. (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: (19) And, behold, there came a
great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it
fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee. (20) Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved
his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (21) And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb,
and naked shall I return thither: YAHWEH gave, and YAHWEH hath taken away; blessed be
the name of YAHWEH.
(22) In all this Job sinned not, nor charged Elohim foolishly.
(I) Again there was a day when the sons of Elohim
came to present themselves before YAHWEH, and Satan came also among them to present
himself before YAHWEH.
(2) And YAHWEH said unto Satan, From whence comest thou?
And Satan answered YAHWEH, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it. (3) And YAHWEH
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 Elohim, and escheweth evil? And still he holdeth
fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him
without cause. (4) And Satan answered YAHWEH, and said, Skin for skin,
yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. (5) But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone
and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. (6) And YAHWEH said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. (7) So went Satan forth from the presence of YAHWEH,
and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (8) And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself
withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (9) Then said
his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse Elohim, and die. (10)
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What?
Shall we receive good at the hand of Elohim,
and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (11) Now when Job's three friends heard of all this
evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz
the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had
made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. (12) And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and
knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his
mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. (13) So they sat down with him upon the ground seven
days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
(I) After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. (2) And Job spake, and said, (3) Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the
night in which it was said, There is
a man child conceived. (4) Let that day be darkness;
let not ELOAH
[or Elowahh] regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. (5) Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it;
let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. (6) As for that
night, let 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. (7) Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful
voice come therein. (8) Let them curse it that curse the day, who are
ready to raise up their mourning. (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: (10) Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine
eyes. (11) Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when I came out of the belly? (12) Why did the knees prevent me? Or why the breasts
that I should suck? (13) For now should I have lain still and been quiet,
I should have slept: then had I been at rest, (14)
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for
themselves; (15) Or with princes that had gold, who filled their
houses with silver: (16) Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been;
as infants which never saw light. (17) There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. (18) There the
prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. (19) The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. (20) Wherefore is light given to him that is in
misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
(21) Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for
hid treasures; (22) Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? (23) Why is
light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom ELOAH [or Elowahh] hath hedged in? (24)
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the
waters. (25) For the thing which I greatly feared is come
upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. (26) I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither
was I quiet; yet trouble came.
(I) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, (2) If we
assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself
from speaking? (3) Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast
strengthened the weak hands. (4) Thy words have upholden
him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. (5) But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest;
it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. (6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy
ways? (7) Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
(8) Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
and sow wickedness, reap the same. (9) By the
blast of ELOAH
[or Elowahh] they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. (10) The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the
fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. (11) The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the
stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. (12) Now a
thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. (13) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when
deep sleep falleth on men, (14) Fear came upon me, and
trembling, which made all my bones to shake. (15)
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: (16) It stood still, but I could not discern the form
thereof: an image was before mine
eyes, there was silence, and I heard
a voice, saying, (17) Shall mortal man be more just than ELOAH [or Elowahh]? Shall a man be more pure than his maker? (18) Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his
angels he charged with folly: (19) How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? (20) They are destroyed from morning to evening: they
perish for ever without any regarding it.
(21) Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? They die, even without wisdom.
(I) Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to
which of the saints wilt thou turn? (2) For wrath
killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. (3) I have seen the foolish taking root: but
suddenly I cursed his habitation. (4) His
children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. (5)
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and
the robber swalloweth up their substance. (6) Although
affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the
ground; (7) Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly
upward. (8) I would seek unto El, and unto Elohim
would I commit my cause: (9) Which doeth great things
and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: (10) Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth
waters upon the fields: (11) To set up on high those
that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. (12) He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so
that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
(13) He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and
the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. (14)
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the
night. (15) But he saveth the poor from the sword, from
their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. (16)
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. (17) Behold, happy is the man whom ELOAH [or Elowahh] correcteth: therefore despise not thou the
chastening of the Almighty: (18) For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth,
and his hands make whole. (19) He shall deliver thee in
six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (20) In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and
in war from the power of the sword. (21) Thou
shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of
destruction when it cometh. (22) At destruction and famine
thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. (23) For thou shalt be in league with the stones of
the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. (24) And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit
thy habitation, and shalt not sin. (25) Thou
shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. (26)
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a
full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. (27) Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
(I) But Job answered and said, (2) Oh
that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances
together! (3) For now it would be heavier than the sand of the
sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. (4) For the
arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of ELOAH [or Elowahh] do set themselves in array against me. (5) Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or
loweth the ox over his fodder? (6) Can that which is
unsavoury be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? (7)
The things that my soul refused to
touch are as my sorrowful meat. (8) Oh that I might have my request; and that ELOAH [or Elowahh] would grant me
the thing that I long for! (9) Even that it would please ELOAH [or Elowahh] to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand,
and cut me off! (10) Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would
harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of
the Holy One. (11) What is my
strength, that I should hope? And what is
mine end, that I should prolong my life? (12) Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of brass? (13) Is not
my help in me? And is wisdom driven quite from me? (14) To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he
forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. (15) My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass
away; (16) Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: (17) What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is
hot, they are consumed out of their place. (18) The
paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. (19) The troops of Tema looked, the companies of
Sheba waited for them. (20) They were confounded
because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. (21) For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. (22) Did I say, Bring unto me? Or, Give a reward for
me of your substance? (23) Or, Deliver me from the
enemy's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? (24) Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause
me to understand wherein I have erred. (25) How
forcible are right words! But what doth your arguing reprove? (26) Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches
of one that is desperate, which are as
wind? (27) Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. (28) Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. (29) Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea,
return again, my righteousness is in
it. (30) Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my taste
discern perverse things?
(I) Is there not an
appointed time to man upon earth? Are not
his days also like the days of an hireling? (2) As
a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: (3) so am I made to possess months of vanity, and
wearisome nights are appointed to me. (4) When I
lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of
tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. (5) My
flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become
loathsome. (6) My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and
are spent without hope. (7) O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see
good. (8) The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no
more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
(9) As the
cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall
come up no more. (10) He shall return no more to his house, neither
shall his place know him any more. (11)
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my
spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (12) Am I a
sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? (13) When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch
shall ease my complaint; (14) Then thou scarest me with
dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: (15) So that
my soul chooseth strangling, and death
rather than my life. (16) I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me
alone; for my days are vanity. (17) What is man,
that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon
him? (18) And that thou
shouldest visit him every morning, and try
him every moment? (19) How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let
me alone till I swallow down my spittle? (20) I have
sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set
me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? (21) And why dost thou not pardon my transgression,
and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt
seek me in the morning, but I shall not
be.
(I) Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the
words of thy mouth be like a strong
wind? (3) Doth El pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? (4) If thy children have sinned against him, and he
have cast them away for their transgression; (5) If
thou wouldest seek unto El betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; (6) If thou wert
pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the
habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. (7) Though
thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. (8) For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and
prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (9)
(For we are but of yesterday, and
know nothing, because our days upon earth are
a shadow:) (10) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? (11) Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag
grow without water? (12) Whilst it is
yet in his greenness, and not cut
down, it withereth before any other herb.
(13) So are the
paths of all that forget El; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: (14) Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. (15) He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not
stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. (16) He is green
before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. (17) His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. (18) If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. (19) Behold,
this is the joy of his way, and out
of the earth shall others grow. (20) Behold, El will
not cast away a perfect man, neither
will he help the evil doers: (21) Till he fill thy mouth
with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. (22) They
that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the
wicked shall come to nought.
(I) Then Job answered and said, (2) I
know it is so of a truth: but how
should man be just with El? (3) If he
will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. (4) He is wise
in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? (5) Which removeth the mountains, and they know not:
which overturneth them in his anger. (6) Which
shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. (7) Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and
sealeth up the stars. (8) Which alone spreadeth out
the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. (9) Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and
the chambers of the south. (10) Which doeth great things
past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. (11) Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not. (12) Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? Who
will say unto him, What doest thou? (13) If ELOAH [or Elowahh] will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers
do stoop under him. (14) How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? (15) Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my
judge. (16) If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had
hearkened unto my voice. (17) For he breaketh me with a
tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. (18) He will not suffer me to take my breath, but
filleth me with bitterness. (19) If I speak of strength, lo, he
is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? (20) If I justify myself, mine
own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I
am perfect, it shall also prove me
perverse. (21) Though I
were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. (22) This is one
thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the
wicked. (23) If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at
the trial of the innocent. (24) The earth is given into
the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not,
where, and who is he? (25) Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee
away, they see no good. (26) They are passed away as
the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth
to the prey. (27) If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will
leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
(28) I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou
wilt not hold me innocent. (29) If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? (30) If I wash myself with snow water, and make my
hands never so clean; (31) yet shalt thou plunge me
in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. (32) For he is not
a man, as I am, that I should answer
him, and we should come together in
judgment. (33) Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. (34) Let him take his rod away from me, and let not
his fear terrify me: (35) Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
(I) My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon
myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (2) I will say unto ELOAH [or Elowahh], Do not condemn me; show me wherefore THOU contendest with me. (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? (4) Hast THOU
eyes of flesh? Or seest THOU as man
seeth? (5) Are thy
days as the days of man? Are thy
years as man's days, (6) that THOU inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? (7) THOU
knowest that I am not wicked; and there
is none that can deliver out of thine hand. (8)
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet THOU dost destroy me. (9) Remember, I beseech thee, that THOU hast made me as the clay; and wilt
THOU bring me into dust again? (10) Hast THOU
not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? (11) THOU
hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. (12) THOU
hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. (13) And these things
hast THOU hid in thine heart: I
know that this is with thee. (14) If I sin, then THOU markest me, and THOU
wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. (15) If I be
wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous,
yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see THOU mine affliction; (16) for it increaseth. THOU huntest me as a fierce lion: and again THOU showest thyself marvellous upon me. (17) THOU
renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me;
changes and war are against me. (18) Wherefore then hast THOU brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the
spirit, and no eye had seen me! (19) I should
have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to
the grave. (20) Are not
my days few? Cease then, and let me
alone, that I may take comfort a little, (21) Before I
go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the
shadow of death; (22) A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death,
without any order, and where the
light is as darkness.
(I) Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (2) Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should a man full of talk be justified? (3) Should
thy lies make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make
thee ashamed? (4) For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. (5) But oh that ELOAH [or Elowahh] would speak, and open his lips against thee; (6) and that he would show thee the secrets of
wisdom, that they are double to that
which is! Know therefore that ELOAH [or Elowahh] exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
(7) Canst thou by searching find out ELOAH [or Elowahh]? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? (8) It is as high as heaven; what canst thou
do? Deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (9) The
measure thereof is longer than the
earth, and broader than the sea. (10) If he
cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? (11) For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness
also; will he not then consider it? (12) For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. (13) If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out
thine hands toward him; (14) if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and
let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. (15)
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,
and shalt not fear: (16) Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: (17) And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning. (18) And thou
shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest
in safety. (19) Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit
unto thee. (20) But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they
shall not escape, and their hope shall be
as the giving up of the spirit.
(I) And Job answered and said, (2) No
doubt but ye are the people, and
wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding
as well as you; I am not inferior to
you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? (4) I
am as one mocked of his neighbour,
who calleth upon ELOAH [or Elowahh], and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. (5) He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. (6) The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they
that provoke El
are secure; into whose hand ELOAH [or Elowahh] bringeth abundantly.
(7) But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach
thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: (8) Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:
and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. (9) Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of YAHWEH
hath wrought this? (10) In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. (11) Doth not the ear try words? And the mouth taste
his meat? (12) With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. (13) With him is
wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. (14) Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built
again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. (15) Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry
up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. (16) With him is
strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. (17) He leadeth counsellors
away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. (18) He
looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. (19) He leadeth princes away spoiled, and
overthroweth the mighty. (20) He removeth away the
speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. (21) He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth
the strength of the mighty. (22) He discovereth deep
things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. (23) He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them:
he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. (24) He taketh away the heart of the chief of the
people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. (25) They grope in the dark without light, and he
maketh them to stagger like a drunken
man.
(I) Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. (2) What ye know, the same do I know also: I am
not inferior unto you. (3) Surely I would speak to
the Almighty, and I desire to reason
with El.
(4) But ye are
forgers of lies, ye are all
physicians of no value. (5) O that ye would altogether
hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom. (6)
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. (7) Will ye speak wickedly for El? And talk deceitfully for him? (8) Will ye accept his person? Will ye contend for El? (9) Is it good that he should search you out? Or as
one man mocketh another, do ye so mock
him? (10) He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly
accept persons. (11) Shall not his excellency make you afraid? And
his dread fall upon you? (12) Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to
bodies of clay. (13) Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak,
and let come on me what will. (14) Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and
put my life in mine hand? (15) Though he slay me, yet
will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (16) He also shall
be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. (17) Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration
with your ears. (18) Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. (19) Who is he
that will plead with me? For now, if
I hold my tongue, I shall give up the spirit. (20)
Only do not two things unto me: then
will I not hide myself from thee. (21) Withdraw
thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. (22) Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me
speak, and answer thou me. (23) How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to
know my transgression and my sin. (24)
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? (25) Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? And
wilt THOU pursue the dry stubble? (26) For thou
writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my
youth. (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. (28) And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a
garment that is moth eaten.
(I) Man that is born
of a woman is of few days, and full
of trouble. (2) He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:
he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (3)
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment
with thee? (4) Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one. (5)
Seeing his days are determined, the
number of his months are with thee,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; (6) Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall
accomplish, as an hireling, his day. (7) For there
is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the
tender branch thereof will not cease. (8) Though
the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
(9) Yet through
the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. (10) But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth
up the spirit, and where is he? (11) As the
waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: (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. (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) If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my change come. (15)
thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of
thine hands. (16) For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not
watch over my sin? (17) My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. (18) And surely the mountain falling cometh to
nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. (19) The waters wear the stones: thou washest away
the things which grow out of the dust
of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. (20) thou prevailest for ever against him, and he
passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. (21) His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he
perceiveth it not of them. (22) But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his
soul within him shall mourn.
(I) Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, (2) Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill
his belly with the east wind? (3) Should he reason with
unprofitable talk? Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? (4) Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest
prayer before El.
(5) For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou
choosest the tongue of the crafty. (6) Thine own
mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. (7) Art thou
the first man that was born? Or wast
thou made before the hills? (8) Hast thou heard the secret
of ELOAH
[or Elowahh]? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? (9) What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? (10) With us are
both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. (11) Are the
consolations of El
small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee? (12) Why doth thine heart carry thee away? And what
do thy eyes wink at, (13) that thou turnest thy
spirit against El,
and lettest such words go out of thy
mouth? (14) What is man,
that he should be clean? And he which is born
of a woman, that he should be righteous? (15) Behold,
he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
(16) How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like
water? (17) I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; (18) Which wise men have told from their fathers, and
have not hid it: (19) Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no
stranger passed among them. (20) The wicked man travaileth
with pain all his days, and the
number of years is hidden to the oppressor. (21) A dreadful
sound is in his ears: in prosperity
the destroyer shall come upon him. (22) He
believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the
sword. (23) He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that
the day of darkness is ready at his hand. (24) Trouble
and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king
ready to the battle. (25) For he stretcheth out his
hand against El,
and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
(26) He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon
the thick bosses of his bucklers: (27) Because
he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. (28) And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth,
which are ready to become heaps. (29) He shall
not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the
perfection thereof upon the earth. (30) He shall
not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the
breath of his mouth shall he go away. (31) Let not
him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense. (32) It shall be accomplished before his time, and
his branch shall not be green. (33) He shall shake off his
unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. (34) For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery. (35) They
conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
(I) Then Job answered and said, (2) I
have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. (3) Shall vain words have an
end? Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? (4) I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words
against you, and shake mine head at you. (5) But I would strengthen you with my
mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. (6) Though I speak, my grief
is not asswaged: and though I
forbear, what am I eased? (7) But now he hath made me
weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. (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. (9) He teareth me
in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy
sharpeneth his eyes upon me. (10) They have gaped upon me
with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have
gathered themselves together against me. (11) El hath
delivered me to the perverse, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. (12) I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he
hath also taken me by my neck, and
shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. (13)
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not
spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. (14)
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. (15) I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled
my horn in the dust. (16) My face is foul with
weeping, and on my eyelids is the
shadow of death; (17) Not for any
injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is
pure. (18) O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry
have no place. (19) Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. (20) My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears
unto ELOAH
[or Elowahh]. (21) O that one might plead for a man with ELOAH [or Elowahh], as a man pleadeth
for his neighbour! (22) When a few years are
come, then I shall go the way whence I
shall not return.
(I) My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. (2) Are there not
mockers with me? And doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? (3) Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? (4) For thou
hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. (5) He
that speaketh flattery to his friends,
even the eyes of his children shall fail. (6) He hath
made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. (7) Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and
all my members are as a shadow. (8) Upright men
shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against
the hypocrite. (9) The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. (10) But as for you all, do ye return, and come now:
for I cannot find one wise man among you. (11) My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. (12) They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. (13) If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (14) I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. (15) And where is
now my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it? (16) They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
(I) Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) How long will
it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak. (3) Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? (4) He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth
be forsaken for thee? And shall the rock be removed out of his place? (5) Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,
and the spark of his fire shall not shine. (6) The light
shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (7) The steps of his strength shall be straitened,
and his own counsel shall cast him down. (8) For he is
cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. (9) The gin shall take him by the heel, and the
robber shall prevail against him. (10) The
snare is laid for him in the ground,
and a trap for him in the way. (11) Terrors shall make him
afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. (12) His strength shall be hungerbitten, and
destruction shall be ready at his
side. (13) It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour
his strength. (14) His confidence shall be rooted out of his
tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. (15) It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be
scattered upon his habitation. (16) His roots shall be dried
up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. (17) His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and
he shall have no name in the street. (18) He shall
be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (19) He shall neither have son nor nephew among his
people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. (20) They
that come after him shall be astonied
at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. (21) Surely such are
the dwellings of the wicked, and this is
the place of him that knoweth not
El.
(I) Then Job answered and said, (2)
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? (3) These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are
not ashamed that ye make yourselves
strange to me. (4) And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. (5) If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: (6) Know now that ELOAH [or Elowahh] hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with
his net. (7) Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry aloud, but there is no
judgment. (8) He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and
he hath set darkness in my paths. (9) He hath
stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. (10) He hath destroyed me on
every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. (11) He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and
he counteth me unto him as one of his
enemies. (12) His troops come together, and raise up their way
against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. (13) He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine
acquaintance are verily estranged from me. (14) My
kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. (15) They that dwell in mine house, and my maids,
count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. (16) I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my
mouth. (17) My breath is strange to my wife, though I
entreated for the children's sake of
mine own body. (18) Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and
they spake against me. (19) All my inward friends
abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. (20) My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and
I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. (21) Have
pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of ELOAH [or Elowahh] hath touched me. (22)
Why do ye persecute me as El, and are not satisfied with my flesh? (23) Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they
were printed in a book! (24) That they were graven
with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! (25)
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and
that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: (26) And though
after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see ELOAH [or Elowahh]: (27) Whom I
shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (28) But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing
the root of the matter is found in me? (29) Be ye
afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the
punishments of the sword, that ye may know there
is a judgment.
(I) Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (2) Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and
for this I make haste. (3) I have heard the check of my reproach, and the
spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. (4)
Knowest thou not this of old, since
man was placed upon earth, (5) that the triumphing of the
wicked is short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment? (6) Though his excellency mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach unto the clouds; (7) yet he shall perish for ever like his
own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? (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. (9) The eye also which
saw him shall see him no more;
neither shall his place any more behold him. (10)
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their
goods. (11) His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
(12) Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; (13) Though he
spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: (14) Yet his
meat in his bowels is turned, it is the
gall of asps within him. (15) He hath swallowed down
riches, and he shall vomit them up again: El shall cast them out of his belly. (16) He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's
tongue shall slay him. (17) He shall not see the
rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. (18) That which he laboured for shall he restore, and
shall not swallow it down: according
to his substance shall the restitution be, and
he shall not rejoice therein. (19) Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because
he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; (20) Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly,
he shall not save of that which he desired. (21) There
shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. (22) In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in
straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. (23) When he
is about to fill his belly, ELOAH [or Elowahh] shall
cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. (24) He shall
flee from the iron weapon, and the
bow of steel shall strike him through. (25) It is
drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his
gall: terrors are upon him. (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. (27)
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. (28) The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day
of his wrath. (29) This is the
portion of a wicked man from Elohim,
and the heritage appointed unto him by El.
(I) But Job answered and said, (2)
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. (3) Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I
have spoken, mock on. (4) As for me, is my complaint to man? And if it were so, why should not my spirit be
troubled? (5) Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. (6) Even when I remember I am
afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. (7)
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? (8) Their seed is established in their sight with
them, and their offspring before their eyes. (9)
Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of ELOAH [or Elowahh] upon them. (10) Their
bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. (11) They send forth their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance. (12) They take the timbrel and
harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (13)
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. (14) Therefore they say unto El, Depart from us; for we desire
not the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we
should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? (16) Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. (17) How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! And
how oft cometh their destruction upon
them! ELOAH [or Elowahh] distributeth
sorrows in his anger. (18) They are as stubble
before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. (19) ELOAH [or Elowahh] layeth up his iniquity for his children: he
rewardeth him, and he shall know it. (20) His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall
drink of the wrath of the Almighty. (21) For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is
cut off in the midst? (22) Shall any teach El knowledge? Seeing he judgeth
those that are high. (23) One dieth in his full
strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. (24) His
breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. (25) And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,
and never eateth with pleasure. (26) They
shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. (27) Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. (28) For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (29) Have ye not asked them that go by the way? And
do ye not know their tokens, (30) that the wicked is
reserved to the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of
wrath. (31) Who shall declare his way to his face? And who
shall repay him what he hath done? (32) Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall
remain in the tomb. (33) The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him,
and every man shall draw after him, as there
are innumerable before him. (34) How then
comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
(I) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, (2) Can a man be profitable unto El, as
he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? (3) Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? (4) Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? Will he
enter with thee into judgment? (5) Is not thy wickedness great? And thine iniquities infinite? (6) For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother
for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. (7) Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,
and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. (8)
But as for the mighty man, he had the
earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. (9) Thou hast
sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. (10) Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; (11) or darkness, that
thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. (12) Is not
ELOAH [or Elowahh] in the height of heaven? And behold the height
of the stars, how high they are! (13) And thou
sayest, How doth El know? Can he judge through the dark cloud? (14) Thick clouds are
a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of
heaven. (15) Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men
have trodden? (16) Which were cut down out of time, whose
foundation was overflown with a flood: (17) Which
said unto El,
Depart from us: and what can the Almighty
do for them? (18) Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is
far from me. (19) The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. (20) Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the
remnant of them the fire consumeth. (21) Acquaint
now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. (22) Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,
and lay up his words in thine heart. (23) If thou
return to the Almighty, thou shalt
be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. (24) Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the
brooks. (25) Yea, the Almighty
shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. (26) For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face
unto ELOAH
[or Elowahh]. (27) Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he
shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. (28)
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the
light shall shine upon thy ways. (29) When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save
the humble person. (30) He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and
it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
(I) Then Job answered and said, (2)
Even to day is my complaint bitter:
my stroke is heavier than my groaning. (3) Oh that I
knew where I might find him! That I
might come even to his seat! (4) I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. (5) I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
(6) Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. (7) There the righteous might dispute with him; so
should I be delivered for ever from my judge. (8)
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot
perceive him: (9) On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot
behold him: he hideth himself on the
right hand, that I cannot see him: (10) But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come
forth as gold. (11) My foot hath held his steps, his way have I
kept, and not declined. (12) Neither have I gone back
from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more
than my necessary food. (13) But he is in
one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. (14) For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. (15) Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I
consider, I am afraid of him. (16) For El maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: (17) Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness
from my face.
(I) Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see
his days? (2) Some remove
the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. (3) They drive away the ass of
the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. (4) They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of
the earth hide themselves together. (5) Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they
forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. (6) They reap every one his corn in the field: and
they gather the vintage of the wicked. (7) They
cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. (8)
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want
of a shelter. (9) They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and
take a pledge of the poor. (10) They cause him to go naked without clothing, and
they take away the sheaf from the
hungry; (11) which make
oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (12) Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of
the wounded crieth out: yet ELOAH [or Elowahh] layeth not folly to them. (13) They are of those that
rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths
thereof. (14) The murderer rising with the light killeth the
poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. (15)
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see
me: and disguiseth his face. (16) In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in
the daytime: they know not the light. (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. (18) He is swift
as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way
of the vineyards. (19) Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. (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. (21) He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to
the widow. (22) He draweth also the mighty with his power: he
riseth up, and no man is sure of
life. (23) Though it
be given him to be in safety, whereon
he resteth; yet his eyes are upon
their ways. (24) They are exalted for a 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. (25) And if it
be not so now, who will make me a
liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
(I) Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. (3) Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom
doth not his light arise? (4) How then can man be
justified with El?
Or how can he be clean that is born
of a woman? (5) Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not;
yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. (6) How much
less man, that is a worm? And the son
of man, which is a worm?
(I) But Job answered and said, (2)
How hast thou helped him that is without
power? How savest thou the arm that hath no strength? (3) How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? And how
hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? (4) To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose
spirit came from thee? (5) Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants
thereof. (6) Hell is naked
before him, and destruction hath no covering. (7) He
stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. (8) He
bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under
them. (9) He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. (10) He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until
the day and night come to an end. (11) The
pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. (12) He divideth the sea with his power, and by his
understanding he smiteth through the proud. (13) By his
spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
(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?
(I) Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) As El
liveth, who hath taken away my
judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of ELOAH [or Elowahh] is in
my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my
tongue utter deceit. (5) Elohim forbid that I
should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. (6) My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let
it go: my heart shall not reproach me so
long as I live. (7) Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that
riseth up against me as the unrighteous. (8) For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he
hath gained, when ELOAH [or Elowahh] taketh away his soul? (9) Will El hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? (10) Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon ELOAH [or Elowahh]? (11) I will
teach you by the hand of El: that which
is with the Almighty will I not conceal. (12) Behold,
all ye yourselves have seen it; why
then are ye thus altogether vain? (13) This is the portion of a wicked man with El, and
the heritage of oppressors, which they
shall receive of the Almighty. (14) If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread. (15) Those
that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. (16) Though he heap up silver as the dust, and
prepare raiment as the clay; (17) He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the
silver. (18) He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. (19) The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be
gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
(20) Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest
stealeth him away in the night. (21) The east
wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his
place. (22) For El shall
cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. (23) Men shall
clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
(I) Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. (2) Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. (3) He setteth an end to
darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the
shadow of death. (4) The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot:
they are dried up, they are gone away from men. (5) As for the earth, out of it cometh
bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. (6) The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. (7) There is a
path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: (8) the lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the
fierce lion passed by it. (9) He putteth forth his hand
upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. (10) He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his
eye seeth every precious thing. (11) He
bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the
thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. (12) But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? (13) Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it
found in the land of the living. (14) The
depth saith, It is not in me: and the
sea saith, It is not with me. (15) It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall
silver be weighed for the price
thereof. (16) It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with
the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (17) The gold
and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. (18) No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:
for the price of wisdom is above
rubies. (19) The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
neither shall it be valued with pure gold. (20) Whence
then cometh wisdom? And where is the
place of understanding? (21) Seeing it is hid from the
eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. (22) Destruction and death say, We have heard the
fame thereof with our ears. (23) Elohim
understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. (24) For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; (25) To make the weight for the winds; and he
weigheth the waters by measure. (26) When he
made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: (27) Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared
it, yea, and searched it out. (28) And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of my Sovereign , that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
(I) Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the
days when ELOAH [or Elowahh] preserved me; (3)
When his candle shined upon my head, and
when by his light I walked through darkness;
(4) As I was in the days of my youth, when the
secret of ELOAH
[or Elowahh] was upon my tabernacle; (5) When the Almighty
was yet with me, when my children were about
me; (6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock
poured me out rivers of oil; (7) When I went out to the
gate through the city, when I prepared
my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me, and
hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood
up. (9) The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. (10) The nobles held their peace, and their tongue
cleaved to the roof of their mouth. (11) When the
ear heard me, then it blessed me; and
when the eye saw me, it gave witness
to me: (12) Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to
help him. (13) The blessing of him that was ready to perish
came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. (14) I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my
judgment was as a robe and a diadem. (15) I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. (16) I was a
father to the poor: and the cause which I
knew not I searched out. (17) And I brake the jaws of
the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. (18) Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall
multiply my days as the sand. (19) My root was
spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. (20) My glory was
fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. (21) Unto me men
gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. (22) After my words they spake not again; and my
speech dropped upon them. (23) And they waited for me as
for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. (24) If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance
they cast not down. (25) I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt
as a king in the army, as one that comforteth
the mourners.
(I) 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. (2) Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
(3) For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time
desolate and waste. (4) Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper
roots for their meat. (5) They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) (6) To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. (7) Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles
they were gathered together. (8) They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were
viler than the earth. (9) And now am I their song,
yea, I am their byword. (10) They abhor me, they flee
far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. (11)
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle
before me. (12) Upon my right
hand rise the youth; they push away
my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. (13) They mar my path, they set forward my calamity,
they have no helper. (14) They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled
themselves upon me. (15) Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul
as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. (16) And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days
of affliction have taken hold upon me. (17) My bones
are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. (18) By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the
collar of my coat. (19) He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become
like dust and ashes. (20) I cry unto thee, and thou
dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. (21) thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong
hand thou opposest thyself against me. (22) thou
liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. (23) For I know that
thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. (24) Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry
in his destruction. (25) Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? (26) When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light,
there came darkness. (27) My bowels boiled, and
rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. (28) I
went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and
I cried in the congregation. (29) I am a
brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. (30)
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. (31) My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
(I) I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think
upon a maid? (2) For what portion of ELOAH [or Elowahh] is there from
above? And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? (3) Is not
destruction to the wicked? And a strange punishment
to the workers of iniquity? (4) Doth not
he see my ways, and count all my steps? (5) If I have
walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; (6) let me be weighed in an even balance that ELOAH [or Elowahh] may know mine integrity. (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; (8) Then let
me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. (9) If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's
door; (10) then let
my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is
an heinous crime; yea, it is an
iniquity to be punished by the
judges. (12) For it is a
fire that consumeth to destruction,
and would root out all mine increase. (13) If I did
despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended
with me; (14) what then shall I do when El riseth up? And when he visiteth,
what shall I answer him? (15) Did not he that made me
in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? (16) If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of
the widow to fail; (17) Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the
fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (18) (For
from my youth he was brought up with me, as with
a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) (19) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
or any poor without covering; (20) If his loins have not
blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (21) If I have lifted up my hand against the
fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: (22) Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder
blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (23)
For destruction from El was a terror to me, and by reason of his
highness I could not endure. (24) If I have made gold my
hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou
art my confidence; (25) If I rejoiced because my
wealth was great, and because mine
hand had gotten much; (26) If I beheld the sun when
it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
(27) And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my
mouth hath kissed my hand: (28) This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the El that is above. (29) If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that
hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: (30) Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by
wishing a curse to his soul. (31) If the men of my
tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! We cannot be satisfied. (32) The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. (33) If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by
hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: (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? (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. (36) Surely I
would take it upon my shoulder, and bind
it as a crown to me. (37) I would declare unto him the number of my steps;
as a prince would I go near unto him. (38) If my
land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; (39) If I have eaten the fruits thereof without
money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: (40) Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle
instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
(I) So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. (2) Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of
Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled,
because he justified himself rather than Elohim. (3) Also against his three friends was his wrath
kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. (4) Now Elihu
had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. (5) When
Elihu saw that there was no answer in
the mouth of these three men, then
his wrath was kindled. (6) And Elihu the son of
Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am
young, and ye are very old;
wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and multitude of
years should teach wisdom. (8) But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. (9) Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. (10) Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will
show mine opinion. (11) Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to
your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. (12) Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced
Job, or that answered his words: (13) Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: El
thrusteth him down, not man. (14) Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I
answer him with your speeches. (15) They were amazed, they
answered no more: they left off speaking. (16) When I
had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) (17) I said, I will answer also my part, I
also will show mine opinion. (18) For I am full of matter,
the spirit within me constraineth me. (19) Behold,
my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst
like new bottles. (20) I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will
open my lips and answer. (21) Let me not, I pray you,
accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. (22) For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me
away.
(I) Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken
to all my words. (2) Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue
hath spoken in my mouth. (3) My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart:
and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. (4) The
spirit of El
hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty
hath given me life. (5) If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. (6) Behold, I am
according to thy wish in El’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay. (7) Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,
neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. (8) Surely
thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, (9) I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. (10) Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he
counteth me for his enemy, (11) He putteth my feet in the
stocks, he marketh all my paths. (12) Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer
thee, that ELOAH
[or Elowahh] is greater than man. (13) Why dost thou strive
against him? For he giveth not account of any of his matters. (14) For El speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. (15) In a
dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in
slumberings upon the bed; (16) Then he openeth the ears
of men, and sealeth their instruction, (17) That he
may withdraw man from his purpose,
and hide pride from man. (18) He keepeth back his soul
from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. (19) He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and
the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
(20) So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul
dainty meat. (21) His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be
seen; and his bones that were not
seen stick out. (22) Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and
his life to the destroyers. (23) If there be a messenger
with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his
uprightness: (24) Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver
him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. (25) His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he
shall return to the days of his youth: (26) He shall
pray unto ELOAH
[or Elowahh], and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy:
for he will render unto man his righteousness. (27)
He looketh upon men, and if any say,
I have sinned, and perverted that which
was right, and it profited me not; (28) He will
deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. (29) Lo, all these things worketh El oftentimes with man, (30) To bring back his soul from the pit, to be
enlightened with the light of the living. (31) Mark
well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. (32) If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak,
for I desire to justify thee. (33) If not, hearken unto me:
hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
(I) Furthermore Elihu answered and said, (2) Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. (3) For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth
meat. (4) Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among
ourselves what is good. (5) For Job hath said, I am righteous: and El hath
taken away my judgment. (6) Should I lie against my
right? My wound is incurable without
transgression. (7) What man is
like Job, who drinketh up scorning
like water? (8) Which goeth in company with the workers of
iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. (9) For he
hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with Elohim. (10)
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from El, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should
commit iniquity. (11) For the work of a man
shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. (12)
Yea, surely El
will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty
pervert judgment. (13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? Or
who hath disposed the whole world? (14) If he
set his heart upon man, if he gather
unto himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All
flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. (16) If now thou
hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. (17) Shall even he that hateth right govern? And wilt
thou condemn him that is most just? (18) Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? And to princes, Ye are morally
wrong? (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. (20) In a moment shall they
die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the
mighty shall be taken away without hand. (21) For his
eyes are upon the ways of man, and he
seeth all his goings. (22) There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of
iniquity may hide themselves. (23) For he will not lay upon
man more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with El. (24) He shall
break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. (25) Therefore he knoweth their works, and he
overturneth them in the night, so
that they are destroyed. (26) He striketh them as
wicked men in the open sight of others; (27) Because
they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: (28) So that they cause the cry of the poor to come
unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. (29) When he giveth quietness, who then can make
trouble? And when he hideth his face,
who then can behold him? Whether it be
done against a nation, or against a man only: (30) that the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be
ensnared. (31) Surely it is meet to be said unto El, I
have borne chastisement, I will not
offend any more: (32) That which
I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. (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) Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise
man hearken unto me. (35) Job hath spoken without
knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom. (36) My desire is
that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. (37) For he
addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his
hands among us, and multiplieth his words against El.
(I) Elihu spake moreover, and said, (2) Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than El’s? (3) For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto
thee? And, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? (4) I will answer thee, and thy companions with
thee. (5) Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the
clouds which are higher than thou. (6) If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or
if thy transgressions be multiplied,
what doest thou unto him? (7) If thou be righteous, what
givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thine hand? (8) Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and
thy righteousness may profit the son
of man. (9) By reason of the multitude of oppressions they
make the oppressed to cry: they cry
out by reason of the arm of the mighty. (10) But none
saith, Where is ELOAH [or Elowahh] my maker, who giveth songs in the night; (11) Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the
earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? (12) There they cry, but none giveth answer, because
of the pride of evil men. (13) Surely El will
not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty
regard it. (14) Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. (15) But now, because it is not so, he hath
visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not
in great extremity: (16) Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he
multiplieth words without knowledge.
(I) Elihu also proceeded, and said, (2) Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on ELOAH [or Elowahh]’s behalf. (3) I will
fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. (4) For truly my words shall not be false: he
that is perfect in knowledge is with
thee. (5) Behold, El is mighty,
and despiseth not any: he is mighty
in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but
giveth right to the poor. (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. (8) And if they
be bound in fetters, and be
holden in cords of affliction; (9) Then he showeth them their
work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. (10) He openeth also their ear to discipline, and
commandeth that they return from iniquity. (11) If they
obey and serve him, they shall spend
their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. (12) But if they obey not, they shall perish by the
sword, and they shall die without knowledge. (13)
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. (14) They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. (15) He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and
openeth their ears in oppression. (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. (17) But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the
wicked: judgment and justice take hold on
thee. (18) Because there
is wrath, beware lest he take
thee away with his stroke: then a
great ransom cannot deliver thee. (19) Will he
esteem thy riches? No, not gold, nor
all the forces of strength. (20) Desire not the night,
when people are cut off in their place. (21) Take
heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. (22) Behold, El exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? (23) Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say,
Thou hast wrought iniquity? (24) Remember that thou
magnify his work, which men behold. (25) Every
man may see it; man may behold it afar
off. (26) Behold, El is great,
and we know him not, neither can the
number of his years be searched out. (27) For he
maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour
thereof: (28) Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. (29) Also can
any understand the spreadings of the
clouds, or the noise of his
tabernacle? (30) Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and
covereth the bottom of the sea. (31) For by
them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. (32) With clouds he covereth the light; and
commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. (33) The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the
cattle also concerning the vapour.
(I) At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
(2) Hear attentively the noise of HIS voice, and the sound that goeth out of HIS mouth. (3) HE directeth it under the whole heaven, and HIS lightning unto the ends of the earth. (4) After it a voice roareth: HE thundereth with the voice of HIS excellency; and HE
will not stay them when HIS voice is
heard. (5) El thundereth marvellously with HIS voice; great things doeth HE, which we cannot comprehend. (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. (7) HE
sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know HIS work. (8) Then the beasts go into
dens, and remain in their places. (9) Out of
the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. (10) By the breath of El frost is given: and the breadth
of the waters is straitened. (11) Also by watering HE wearieth the thick cloud: HE scattereth HIS bright cloud: (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. (13) HE causeth it to come, whether for
correction, or for HIS land, or for
mercy. (14) Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and
consider the wondrous works of El. (15) Dost
thou know when ELOAH
disposed them, and caused the light of HIS
cloud to shine? (16) Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the
wondrous works of HIM which is
perfect in knowledge? (17) How thy garments are warm, when HE quieteth the earth by the south wind? (18) Hast thou with HIM spread out the sky, which
is strong, and as a molten
looking glass? (19) Teach us what we shall say unto HIM; for we cannot order our
speech by reason of darkness. (20) Shall it
be told HIM that I speak? If a man
speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. (21) And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth,
and cleanseth them. (22) Fair weather cometh out of the north: with ELOAH is terrible majesty. (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. (24) Men do
therefore fear HIM: HE respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
(I) Then YAHWEH answered Job out of the whirlwind, and
said, (2) Who is this
that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? (3) Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou
me. (4) Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast
understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou
knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? (6)
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone
thereof; (7) when the morning stars sang together, and all
the sons of Elohim shouted for joy? (8) Or who shut
up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as
if it had issued out of the womb? (9) When I made the cloud the garment thereof,
and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, (10) And
brake up for it my decreed place, and
set bars and doors, (11) And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (12) Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his
place; (13) that it might take hold of the ends of the
earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? (14) It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. (15) And from the wicked their light is withholden,
and the high arm shall be broken. (16) Hast
thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of
the depth? (17) Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?
Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? (18) Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
Declare if thou knowest it all. (19) Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as
for darkness, where is the place
thereof, (20) That thou shouldest take it to the bound
thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? (21) Knowest
thou it, because thou wast then born?
Or because the number of thy days is great? (22)
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the
treasures of the hail, (23) which I have reserved against the time of
trouble, against the day of battle and war? (24) By what
way is the light parted, which scattereth
the east wind upon the earth? (25) Who hath divided a
watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of
thunder; (26) To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there
is no man; (27) To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the
tender herb to spring forth? (28) Hath the rain a father?
Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? (29) Out of
whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? (30) The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. (31) Canst thou bind the sweet influences of
Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? (32) Canst
thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his
sons? (33) Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst
thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? (34) Canst
thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? (35) Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go,
and say unto thee, Here we are? (36) Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who
hath given understanding to the heart? (37) Who can
number the clouds in wisdom? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven, (38) when the dust groweth into hardness, and the
clods cleave fast together? (39) Wilt thou hunt the prey
for the lion? Or fill the appetite of the young lions, (40) When they couch in their dens, and abide in
the covert to lie in wait? (41) Who provideth for the
raven his food? When his young ones cry unto El, they wander for lack of meat.
(I) Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring
forth? Or canst thou mark when the
hinds do calve? (2) Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the
time when they bring forth? (3) They bow themselves, they
bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. (4) Their young ones are in good liking, they grow
up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. (5) Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath
loosed the bands of the wild ass? (6) Whose
house I have made the wilderness,
and the barren land his dwellings. (7) He
scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the
driver. (8) The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. (9) Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or
abide by thy crib? (10) Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? (11) Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour
to him? (12) Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home
thy seed, and gather it into thy
barn? (13) Gavest
thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the
ostrich? (14) Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth
them in dust, (15) And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or
that the wild beast may break them. (16) She is
hardened against her young ones, as though they
were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; (17) Because ELOAH [or Elowahh] hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he
imparted to her understanding. (18) What time she lifteth up
herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. (19) Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou
clothed his neck with thunder? (20) Canst thou make him
afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. (21) He paweth in the valley,
and rejoiceth in his strength: he
goeth on to meet the armed men. (22) He
mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
(23) The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering
spear and the shield. (24) He swalloweth the ground
with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. (25) He saith
among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of
the captains, and the shouting. (26) Doth the
hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch
her wings toward the south? (27) Doth the eagle mount up
at thy command, and make her nest on high? (28) She
dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong
place. (29) From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. (30) Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the
slain are, there is she.
(I) Moreover YAHWEH answered Job, and said, (2) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? He that reproveth ELOAH [or Elowahh], let him answer it. (3) Then Job answered YAHWEH, and said, (4) Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I
will lay mine hand upon my mouth. (5) Once have
I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. (6) Then answered YAHWEH unto Job out of the
whirlwind, and said, (7) Gird up thy loins now like
a man: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto ME. (8) Wilt thou also disannul MY judgment? Wilt thou condemn ME,
that thou mayest be righteous? (9) Hast thou an arm like El? Or
canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (10) Deck
thyself now with majesty and
excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. (11) Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold
every one that is proud, and abase him.
(12) Look on every one that is proud, and bring
him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. (13) Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. (14) Then will I
also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. (15) Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (16) Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is
in the navel of his belly. (17) He moveth his tail like a
cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. (18) His bones are
as strong pieces of brass; his bones are
like bars of iron. (19) He is the chief of the ways of El: he that made him can make his sword to
approach unto him. (20) Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where
all the beasts of the field play. (21) He lieth
under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. (22) The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. (23) Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can
draw up Jordan into his mouth. (24) He taketh it with his
eyes: his nose pierceth through
snares.
(I) Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? Or his tongue
with a cord which thou lettest down? (2) Canst thou put an hook into his nose? Or bore
his jaw through with a thorn? (3) Will he make many
supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words
unto thee? (4) Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou
take him for a servant for ever? (5) Wilt thou
play with him as with a bird? Or wilt
thou bind him for thy maidens? (6) Shall the companions make
a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? (7) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or
his head with fish spears? (8) Lay thine hand upon him,
remember the battle, do no more. (9) Behold,
the hope of him is in vain: shall not one
be cast down even at the sight of him? (10) None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who
then is able to stand before ME? (11) Who hath prevented ME, that I should repay him? Whatsoever
is under the whole heaven is MINE.
(12) I
will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. (13) Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridle? (14) Who can
open the doors of his face? His teeth are
terrible round about. (15) His scales are his pride,
shut up together as with a close
seal. (16) One is so near to another, that no air can come
between them. (17) They are joined one to another, they stick
together, that they cannot be sundered. (18) By his
neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are
like the eyelids of the morning. (19) Out of
his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks
of fire leap out. (20) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. (21) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out
of his mouth. (22) In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is
turned into joy before him. (23) The flakes of his flesh
are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. (24) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as
a piece of the nether millstone. (25) When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are
afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. (26) The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold:
the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. (27) He
esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as
rotten wood. (28) The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are
turned with him into stubble. (29) Darts are counted as
stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. (30)
Sharp stones are under him: he
spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. (31)
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of
ointment. (32) He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. (33) Upon earth there is not his like, who is made
without fear. (34) He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over
all the children of pride.
(I) Then Job answered YAHWEH, and said, (2) I
know that THOU canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. (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. (4) Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will
demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. (5) I have
heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. (6) Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (7) And it was so,
that after YAHWEH
had spoken these words unto Job, YAHWEH 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. (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. (9) So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did
according as YAHWEH
commanded them: YAHWEH
also accepted Job. (10) And YAHWEH turned the captivity of Job, when he
prayed for his friends: also YAHWEH gave Job twice as much as he had before. (11) Then came there unto him all his brethren, and
all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did
eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over
all the evil that YAHWEH had brought upon him: every man also gave
him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. (12) So YAHWEH 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. (13) He had also seven sons and three daughters. (14) And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and
the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. (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. (16) After this lived Job an hundred and forty years,
and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even
four generations. (17) So Job died, being old and full of days.
(I) Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel of the morally wrong, nor standeth in the way
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (2) But his delight is in the Law of YAHWEH; and in his law doth he meditate day and
night. (3) 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. (4) The morally wrong are not so: but are like
the chaff which the wind driveth away. (5) Therefore
the morally wrong shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous. (6) For YAHWEH knoweth the way of the
righteous: but the way of the morally wrong shall perish.
(I) Why do the heathen
rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (2) The kings
of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against YAHWEH,
and against HIS Anointed, saying, (3) Let us break Their bands asunder, and cast away Their cords from us. (4) HE that sitteth in the heavens shall
laugh: my Sovereign
shall have them in derision. (5) Then shall HE
speak unto them in HIS wrath, and
vex them in HIS sore displeasure. (6) Yet have
I set MY king upon MY holy hill of Zion. (7) I will declare the decree: YAHWEH hath said unto Me, Thou art MY Son; this day have I
begotten Thee. (8) Ask of ME,
and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy
possession. (9)Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel. (10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be
instructed, ye judges of the earth. (11) Serve YAHWEH
with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (12) Kiss [be fastened
or
joined
to] 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.
(I) A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. YAHWEH,
how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me. (2)
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in Elohim. SELAH. (3) But THOU,
O YAHWEH,
art a shield for me; my glory, and
the lifter up of mine head. (4) I cried unto YAHWEH with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. SELAH. (5) I
laid me down and slept; I awaked;
for YAHWEH
sustained me. (6) I
will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. (7) Arise, O YAHWEH; save me, O my Elohim: for THOU hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; THOU
hast broken the teeth of the morally wrong. (8) Salvation
belongeth unto YAHWEH: thy blessing is upon thy people. SELAH.
(I) To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me
when I call, O Elohim
of my righteousness: THOU hast
enlarged me when I was in distress;
have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (2) O ye sons
of men, how long will ye turn my
glory into shame? How long will ye
love vanity, and seek after leasing? SELAH. (3) But know
that YAHWEH
hath set apart him that is pious for himself: YAHWEH will hear when I call unto
him. (4) Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own
heart upon your bed, and be still. SELAH. (5) Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put
your trust in YAHWEH.
(6) There be many
that say, Who will show us any good? YAHWEH,
lift THOU up the light of thy
countenance upon us. (7) THOU hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine
increased. (8) I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for
THOU, YAHWEH, only makest me dwell in
safety.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give
ear to my words, O YAHWEH, consider my meditation. (2) Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and
my Elohim:
for unto thee will I pray. (3) My voice shalt THOU hear in the morning, O YAHWEH;
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto
thee, and will look up. (4) For THOU art not a El that
hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. (5) The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: THOU hatest all workers of iniquity. (6) THOU
shalt destroy them that speak leasing: YAHWEH will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. (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. (8) Lead me, O YAHWEH, in thy righteousness because of mine
enemies; make thy way straight before my face. (9)
For there is no faithfulness in their
mouth; their inward part is very
wickedness; their throat is an open
sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. (10) Destroy THOU them, O Elohim;
let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their
transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. (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. (12) For THOU, YAHWEH, wilt bless the righteous;
with favour wilt THOU compass him as
with a shield.
(I) To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of
David. O YAHWEH,
rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. (2) Have mercy upon me, O YAHWEH; for I am weak: O YAHWEH, heal me; for my bones are vexed. (3) My soul is also sore vexed: but THOU, O YAHWEH, how long? (4) Return, O YAHWEH, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy
mercies' sake. (5) For in death there
is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? (6) I am weary with my groaning; all the night make
I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. (7) Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth
old because of all mine enemies. (8) Depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for YAHWEH hath heard the voice of my weeping. (9) YAHWEH hath heard my supplication; YAHWEH
will receive my prayer. (10) Let all mine enemies be
ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and
be ashamed suddenly.
(I) Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto YAHWEH, concerning the words of
Cush the Benjamite. O YAHWEH my Elohim, in thee do I put my trust: save me from
all them that persecute me, and deliver me: (2) Lest he
tear my soul like a lion, rending it in
pieces, while there is none to
deliver. (3) O YAHWEH my Elohim, if I have done this; if there be iniquity
in my hands; (4) If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at
peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) (5) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon
the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. SELAH.
(6) Arise, O YAHWEH, 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) So shall the congregation of the people compass
thee about: for their sakes therefore return THOU on high. (8) YAHWEH shall judge the people:
judge me, O YAHWEH,
according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. (9) Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an
end; but establish the just: for the righteous Elohim
trieth the hearts and reins. (10) My defence is of Elohim,
which saveth the upright in heart. (11) Elohim judgeth the righteous, and El is
angry with the wicked every day. (12) If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath
bent his bow, and made it ready. (13) He hath
also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against
the persecutors. (14) Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath
conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. (15)
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. (16) His mischief shall return
upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. (17) I will praise YAHWEH according to HIS righteousness: and will sing praise
to the name of YAHWEH
most high.
Psalm 8 (I) To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm
of David. O YAHWEH
our Sovereign,
how excellent is THY name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the
heavens. (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. (3) When I consider THY heavens, the work of THY fingers, the moon and the stars,
which THOU hast ordained; (4) what is man, that THOU art mindful of him? And
the Son of man, that THOU visitest Him? (5) For THOU hast
made Him a little lower than the
angels, and hast crowned Him with
glory and honour. (6) THOU madest Him to have dominion over the works of
THY hands; THOU hast put all things under His feet: (7) All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the
field; (8) The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths
of the seas. (9) O YAHWEH our Sovereign, how excellent is THY name in all the
earth!
(I) To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I
will praise thee, O YAHWEH,
with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. (2) I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing
praise to THY name, O THOU most High. (3) When mine enemies are turned back, they shall
fall and perish at thy presence. (4) For THOU hast maintained my right and my
cause; THOU satest in the throne judging
right. (5) THOU
hast rebuked the heathen, THOU hast
destroyed the wicked, THOU hast put
out their name for ever and ever. (6) O thou
enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed
cities; their memorial is perished with them. (7)
But YAHWEH
shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. (8) And he shall judge the world in righteousness,
he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. (9) YAHWEH also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a
refuge in times of trouble. (10) And they that know THY name will put their trust in thee:
for THOU, YAHWEH, hast not forsaken them that
seek thee. (11) Sing praises to YAHWEH, which dwelleth in Zion:
declare among the people HIS doings.
(12) When HE
maketh inquisition for blood, HE
remembereth them: HE forgetteth not
the cry of the humble. (13) Have mercy upon me, O YAHWEH;
consider my trouble which I suffer of
them that hate me, THOU that liftest
me up from the gates of death: (14) That I may show forth all
thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in THY salvation. (15) The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they
hid is their own foot taken. (16) YAHWEH is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own
hands. Higgaion. SELAH. (17) The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget Elohim. (18) For the
needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. (19) Arise, O YAHWEH; let not man prevail: let the heathen be
judged in thy sight. (20) Put them in fear, O YAHWEH:
that the nations may know themselves to be but men. SELAH.
(I) Why standest THOU
afar off, O YAHWEH?
Why hidest THOU thyself in times of
trouble? (2) The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices
that they have imagined. (3) For the wicked boasteth of
his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom YAHWEH abhorreth. (4) The
wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Elohim: Elohim is not
in all his thoughts. (5) His ways are always
grievous; THY judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at
them. (6) He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved:
for I shall never be in adversity. (7) His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and
fraud: under his tongue is mischief
and vanity. (8) He sitteth in the lurking places of the
villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are
privily set against the poor. (9) He lieth in wait secretly
as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the
poor, when he draweth him into his net. (10) He
croucheth, and humbleth himself, that
the poor may fall by his strong ones. (11) He hath
said in his heart, El hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will
never see it. (12) Arise, O YAHWEH; O El, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. (13) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn Elohim? He hath said in his heart, THOU wilt not require it. (14) THOU hast seen it: for THOU beholdest
mischief and spite, to requite it with
thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; THOU art the helper of the fatherless. (15) Break THOU
the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek
out his wickedness till THOU find none. (16) YAHWEH is King
for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. (17) YAHWEH, THOU
hast heard the desire of the humble: THOU
wilt prepare their heart, THOU wilt
cause thine ear to hear: (18) To judge the fatherless
and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
(I) To the chief Musician, A
Psalm of David. In YAHWEH put I my trust: how say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain? (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. (3) If the
foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? (4) YAHWEH is in
HIS holy temple, YAHWEH’S
throne is in Heaven: HIS eyes behold, HIS eyelids try, the children of men. (5) YAHWEH trieth the righteous: but the wicked and
him that loveth violence HIS soul
hateth. (6) Upon the wicked HE shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. (7) For the righteous YAHWEH loveth righteousness; HIS countenance doth behold the
upright.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
Help, YAHWEH;
for the pious man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of
men. (2) They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. (3) YAHWEH shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
things: (4) Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are our own: who is sovereign over us? (5) For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing
of the needy, now will I arise,
saith YAHWEH;
I will set him in safety from him that puffeth
at him. (6) The words of YAHWEH are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (7) THOU
shalt keep them, O YAHWEH, THOU
shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. (8) The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest
men are exalted.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt THOU forget me, O YAHWEH? For ever? How long wilt THOU hide THY face from me? (2) How long shall I take
counsel in my soul, having sorrow in
my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? (3) Consider and
hear me, O YAHWEH
my Elohim:
lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep
of death; (4) Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against
him; and those that trouble me
rejoice when I am moved. (5) But I have trusted in THY mercy; my heart shall rejoice in THY Salvation.
(6) I will sing unto YAHWEH, because he hath dealt
bountifully with me.
(I) To the chief Musician, A
Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Elohim.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (2) YAHWEH looked
down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did
understand, and seek Elohim. (3) They are
all gone aside, they are all together
become filthy: there is none that
doeth good, no, not one. (4) Have all the workers of
iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people as
they eat bread, and call not upon YAHWEH. (5) There
were they in great fear: for Elohim is in the generation of the righteous. (6) Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because YAHWEH is his refuge. (7) Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When YAHWEH
bringeth back the captivity of HIS
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
(I) A Psalm of David. YAHWEH, who shall abide in THY tabernacle? Who shall dwell in THY holy hill? (2) He that walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. (3) He that backbiteth
not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach
against his neighbour. (4) In whose eyes a vile person
is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear YAHWEH. He that sweareth to his own hurt,
and changeth not. (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.
(I) Michtam of David. Preserve me, O El: for in thee do I put my trust. (2) O my soul,
thou hast said unto YAHWEH, THOU
art my Sovereign: my goodness extendeth not to thee; (3) But to
the saints that are in the earth, and
to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. (4) Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another el: their
drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my
lips. (5) YAHWEH is the
portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: THOU
maintainest my lot. (6) The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. (7) I will bless YAHWEH, WHO hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night
seasons. (8) I have set YAHWEH always before me: because HE is at my right hand, I shall not be
moved. (9) Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory
rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. (10) For THOU wilt not leave My soul in hell;
neither wilt THOU suffer THINE Holy One to see corruption. (11) THOU
wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
(I) A prayer of David. Hear the right, O YAHWEH, attend unto my cry, give
ear unto my prayer, that goeth not
out of feigned lips. (2) Let my sentence come forth
from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. (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. (4) Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy
lips I have kept me from the paths of
the destroyer. (5) Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. (6) I have called upon thee, for THOU wilt hear me, O El:
incline thine ear unto me, and hear my
speech. (7) Show 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. (8) Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under
the shadow of thy wings, (9) from the wicked that oppress
me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. (10) They are enclosed in their own fat: with their
mouth they speak proudly. (11) They have now compassed
us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; (12) Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in
secret places. (13) Arise, O YAHWEH, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my
soul from the wicked, which is thy
sword: (14) From men which
are thy hand, O YAHWEH, 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. (15) As for me, I will behold thy face in
righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
(I) To the chief Musician, A
Psalm of David, the servant of YAHWEH, who spake unto YAHWEH the words of this song in
the day that YAHWEH delivered him from the hand
of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O
YAHWEH,
my strength. (2) YAHWEH is my
Rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my El,
my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (3) I will call upon YAHWEH, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
(4) The sorrows of death compassed me, and the
floods of worthless men made me afraid. (5) The
sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. (6) In my distress I called upon YAHWEH,
and cried unto my Elohim: he heard my voice out of his temple, and
my cry came before him, even into his
ears. (7) Then the earth shook and trembled; the
foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. (8) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and
fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. (9) He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and
darkness was under his feet. (10) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he
did fly upon the wings of the wind. (11) He made
darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick
clouds of the skies. (12) At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds
passed, hail stones and coals of
fire. (13) YAHWEH also thundered in the heavens, and the
Highest gave his voice; hail stones and
coals of fire. (14) Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. (15) Then the channels of waters were seen, and the
foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O YAHWEH, at the blast of the breath
of thy nostrils. (16) He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out
of many waters. (17) He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from
them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. (18) They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but
YAHWEH
was my stay. (19) He brought me forth also into a large place; he
delivered me, because he delighted in me. (20) YAHWEH
rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me. (21) For I have kept the ways
of YAHWEH,
and have not wickedly departed from my Elohim. (22) For all
his judgments were before me, and I
did not put away HIS statutes from
me. (23) I was also upright before him, and I kept myself
from mine iniquity. (24) Therefore hath YAHWEH recompensed me according to
my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. (25) With the merciful THOU wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man THOU wilt show thyself upright; (26) With the pure THOU wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward THOU wilt show thyself froward. (27) For THOU
wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. (28) For THOU
wilt light my candle: YAHWEH my Elohim will enlighten my darkness. (29) For by thee I have run through a troop; and by
my Elohim
have I leaped over a wall. (30) As for El, his way is
perfect: The Word of YAHWEH is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. (31) For who is
ELOAH
[or Elowahh] save YAHWEH?
Or who is a rock save our Elohim?
(32) It is El that
girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. (33) He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high
places. (34) He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of
steel is broken by mine arms. (35) THOU hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right
hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. (36) THOU
hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. (37) I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
neither did I turn again till they were consumed. (38) I have wounded them that they were not able to
rise: they are fallen under my feet. (39) For THOU hast girded me with strength unto
the battle: THOU hast subdued under
me those that rose up against me. (40) THOU hast also given me the necks of
mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. (41) They cried, but there was none to save them:
even unto YAHWEH,
but he answered them not. (42) Then did I beat them
small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the
streets. (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. (44) As soon as they hear of
me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. (45) The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out
of their close places. (46) YAHWEH liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the Elohim
of my salvation be exalted. (47) It is El that avengeth me, and subdueth the people
under me. (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. (49)
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O YAHWEH, among the heathen, and sing praises unto THY name. (50) Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and
showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare
the glory of El;
and the firmament showeth his handiwork. (2) Day unto
day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. (3) There is no
speech nor language, where their
voice is not heard. (4) Their line is gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for
the sun, (5) which is as
a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and
rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. (6)
His going forth is from the end of
the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from
the heat thereof. (7) The Law
of YAHWEH is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of YAHWEH is sure, making wise the simple. (8) The statutes
of YAHWEH are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of YAHWEH is pure, enlightening the eyes. (9) The fear of YAHWEH is clean,
enduring for ever: the judgments of YAHWEH are true
and righteous altogether. (10) More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than
honey and the honeycomb. (11) Moreover by them is thy
servant warned: and in keeping of
them there is great reward. (12) Who can understand his errors? Cleanse THOU
me from secret faults. (13) Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over
me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great
transgression. (14) Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O YAHWEH, my strength, and my redeemer.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. YAHWEH
hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the Elohim of Jacob defend thee; (2) Send thee help from the sanctuary, and
strengthen thee out of Zion; (3) Remember all thy
offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; SELAH.
(4) Grant thee according to thine own heart, and
fulfil all thy counsel. (5) We will rejoice in thy
salvation, and in the name of our Elohim we will set up our banners: YAHWEH fulfil all thy petitions. (6) Now know I that YAHWEH saveth his anointed; he will
hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. (7) Some trust
in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(8) They are brought down and fallen: but we are
risen, and stand upright. (9) Save, YAHWEH: let the king hear us when
we call.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy
in thy strength, O YAHWEH; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he
rejoice! (2) THOU
hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his
lips. SELAH. (3)
For THOU preventest him with the
blessings of goodness: THOU settest
a crown of pure gold on his head. (4) He asked
life of thee, and THOU gavest it him, even length of
days for ever and ever. (5) His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and
majesty hast THOU laid upon him. (6) For THOU
hast made him most blessed for ever: THOU
hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. (7) For the king trusteth in YAHWEH, and through the mercy of
the most High he shall not be moved. (8) Thine
hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that
hate thee. (9) THOU
shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: YAHWEH
shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. (10) Their fruit shalt THOU destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children
of men. (11) For they intended evil against thee: they
imagined a mischievous device, which they
are not able to perform. (12) Therefore shalt THOU make them turn their back, when
THOU shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against
the face of them. (13) Be THOU
exalted, YAHWEH,
in thine own strength: so will we
sing and praise thy power.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of
David. My El,
My El, why hast THOU forsaken Me? Why art THOU
so far from helping Me, and from the words of My roaring? (2) O My Elohim,
I cry in the daytime, but THOU hearest not; and in the night
season, and am not silent. (3) But THOU art holy, O THOU
that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (4) Our
fathers trusted in THEE: they
trusted, and THOU didst deliver
them. (5) They cried unto THEE, and were delivered: they trusted in THEE, and were not confounded. (6) But I am
a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. (7) All they that see Me laugh Me to scorn:
they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, (8) He
trusted on YAHWEH
that HE would deliver Him:
let HIM deliver Him, seeing HE delighted in Him. (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. (10) I was
cast upon THEE from the womb: THOU art My El from
My mother's belly. (11) Be not far from Me; for trouble is near;
for there is none to help. (12) Many bulls have compassed Me: strong bulls of
Bashan have beset Me round. (13) They gaped upon Me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. (14) I am
poured out like water, and all My
bones are out of joint: My heart is
like wax; it is melted in the midst of My
bowels. (15) My
strength is dried up like a potsherd; and My
tongue cleaveth to My jaws; and THOU hast brought Me into the dust of death. (16) For dogs
have compassed Me: the assembly of
the wicked have enclosed Me: they
pierced My hands and My feet. (17) I may tell all My bones: they look and stare
upon Me. (18) They part My
garments among them, and cast lots upon My
vesture. (19) But be not THOU
far from Me, O YAHWEH: O My strength, haste Thee
to help Me. (20) Deliver My
soul from the sword; My darling from
the power of the dog. (21) Save Me from the lion's mouth: for THOU
hast heard Me from the horns of the
unicorns. (22) I
will declare THY name unto My brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise THEE. (23)
Ye that fear YAHWEH,
praise him; all ye the seed of
Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. (24) For he hath not despised nor abhorred the
affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he
cried unto him, he heard. (25) My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation:
I will pay My vows before them that fear him. (26)
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise YAHWEH that seek him: your heart
shall live for ever. (27) All the ends of the world
shall remember and turn unto YAHWEH: and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship before thee. (28) For the kingdom is YAHWEH’S: and he is the governor among the nations. (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. (30) A seed
shall serve him; it shall be accounted to my Sovereign for a generation. (31) They shall come, and shall declare his
righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
(I) A Psalm of David. YAHWEH is my
Shepherd;
I shall not want. (2) HE
maketh me to lie down in green pastures: HE
leadeth me beside the still waters. (3) HE restoreth my soul: HE leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for HIS name's sake. (4) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for THOU
art with me; THY rod and THY staff
they comfort me. (5) THOU
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: THOU anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over. (6) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life: and I will dwell in the House of YAHWEH for ever.
(I) A Psalm of David. The earth is YAHWEH’S,
and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (2) For he hath founded it upon the seas, and
established it upon the floods. (3) Who shall
ascend into the hill of YAHWEH? Or who shall stand in his holy place? (4) He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who
hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. (5) He shall receive the blessing from YAHWEH,
and righteousness from the Elohim of his salvation. (6) This is the
generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. SELAH. (7) Lift up
your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King
of glory shall come in. (8) Who is this King of glory? YAHWEH strong and mighty, YAHWEH mighty in battle. (9) Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of glory shall come in. (10) Who is this King of glory?
YAHWEH
of hosts, he is the King of glory. SELAH.
(I) A Psalm of
David. Unto thee, O YAHWEH,
do I lift up my soul. (2) O my Elohim, I trust in thee: let me not
be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. (3) Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let
them be ashamed which transgress without cause. (4)
Show me thy ways, O YAHWEH; teach me THY paths. (5) Lead me in THY truth, and teach me: for THOU art the Elohim of my salvation; on THEE do I wait all the day. (6) Remember,
O YAHWEH,
THY tender mercies and THY lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. (7) Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions: according to THY
mercy remember THOU me for THY goodness' sake, O YAHWEH.
(8) Good and upright is YAHWEH:
therefore will HE teach sinners in
the way. (9) The meek will HE guide in judgment: and the meek will HE teach HIS way. (10) All the paths of YAHWEH are mercy and truth unto such as keep HIS covenant and HIS testimonies.
(11) For THY
name’s sake, O YAHWEH, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. (12)
What man is he that feareth YAHWEH?
Him shall HE teach in the way that
HE shall choose. (13) His soul shall dwell at
ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. (14) The
secret of YAHWEH
is with them that fear HIM; and HE will show them HIS
covenant. (15) Mine eyes are
ever toward YAHWEH;
for HE shall pluck my feet out of
the net. (16) Turn THEE
unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am
desolate and afflicted. (17) The troubles of my heart
are enlarged: O bring THOU me out of my distresses. (18) Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and
forgive all my sins. (19) Consider mine enemies;
for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. (20) O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be
ashamed; for I put my trust in THEE. (21) Let
integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. (22) Redeem Israel, O Elohim, out of all his troubles.
PSALMS 26
(I) A Psalm of David.
Judge me, O YAHWEH;
for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in YAHWEH;
therefore I shall not slide. (2) Examine me, O YAHWEH, and prove me; try my reins
and my heart. (3) For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. (4) I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I
go in with dissemblers. (5) I have hated the
congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked. (6) I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I
compass thine altar, O YAHWEH: (7) That I
may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
(8) YAHWEH, I have loved the habitation of thy house,
and the place where thine honour dwelleth. (9) Gather
not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: (10) in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. (11) But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:
redeem me, and be merciful unto me. (12) My foot
standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless YAHWEH.
(I) A Psalm of David. YAHWEH is my light and my salvation; whom shall
I fear? YAHWEH
is the strength of my life; of whom
shall I be afraid? (2) When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh,
they stumbled and fell. (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. (4) One thing have I desired of YAHWEH, that will I seek after; that I may dwell
in the house of YAHWEH
all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of YAHWEH, and to inquire in HIS temple. (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. (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 YAHWEH.
(7) Hear, O YAHWEH, when
I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. (8) When THOU saidst, Seek ye my face; my
heart said unto thee, Thy face, YAHWEH, will I seek. (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 Elohim of my salvation. (10) When my father and my mother forsake me, then YAHWEH
will take me up. (11) Teach me thy way, O YAHWEH, and lead me in a plain path,
because of mine enemies. (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. (13) I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of YAHWEH
in the land of the living. (14) Wait on YAHWEH:
be of good courage, and HE shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on YAHWEH.
(I) A Psalm of David.
Unto thee will I cry, O YAHWEH my Rock;
be not silent to me: lest, if THOU be silent to me, I become like
them that go down into the pit. (2) Hear the
voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward
thy holy oracle. (3) Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the
workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. (4) Give them according to their deeds, and
according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of
their hands; render to them their desert. (5) Because
they regard not the works of YAHWEH, nor the operation of his hands, he shall
destroy them, and not build them up. (6) Blessed be YAHWEH, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications. (7) YAHWEH 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. (8) YAHWEH is their
strength, and he is the saving
strength of his anointed. (9) Save thy people, and bless
thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
(I) A Psalm of David. Give unto YAHWEH, O ye mighty, give unto YAHWEH
glory and strength. (2) Give unto YAHWEH the glory due unto HIS name; worship YAHWEH in the beauty of holiness. (3) The voice of YAHWEH is upon the waters: the El of glory thundereth: YAHWEH is upon many waters. (4) The voice
of YAHWEH
is powerful; the voice of YAHWEH is full of majesty. (5) The voice of YAHWEH breaketh the cedars; yea, YAHWEH
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. (6) HE maketh them also to skip like a
calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. (7)
The voice of YAHWEH
divideth the flames of fire. (8) The voice of YAHWEH
shaketh the wilderness; YAHWEH shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. (9) The voice of YAHWEH maketh the hinds to calve,
and discovereth the forests: and in HIS
temple doth every one speak of HIS glory. (10) YAHWEH sitteth upon the flood; yea, YAHWEH
sitteth King for ever. (11) YAHWEH will give strength unto HIS people; YAHWEH will bless HIS people with peace.
(I) A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
I will extol thee, O YAHWEH; for THOU
hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. (2) O YAHWEH my Elohim, I cried unto thee, and THOU hast healed me. (3) O YAHWEH, THOU
hast brought up my soul from the grave: THOU
hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. (4) Sing unto YAHWEH, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at
the remembrance of his holiness. (5) For his
anger endureth but a moment; in his
favour is life: weeping may endure
for a night, but joy cometh in the
morning. (6) And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be
moved. (7) YAHWEH, by thy favour THOU hast made my mountain to stand strong: THOU didst hide thy face, and
I was troubled. (8) I cried to thee, O YAHWEH; and unto YAHWEH
I made supplication. (9) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to
the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? (10) Hear, O YAHWEH, and have mercy upon me: YAHWEH,
be THOU my helper. (11) THOU
hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: THOU hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; (12) to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O YAHWEH
my Elohim,
I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O YAHWEH,
do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. (2) Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:
be THOU my strong rock, for an house
of defence to save me. (3) For THOU art my rock and my
fortress; therefore for THY name’s sake
lead me, and guide me. (4) Pull me out of the net
that they have laid privily for me: for THOU
art my strength. (5) Into thine hand I commit my spirit: THOU hast redeemed me, O YAHWEH El of
truth. (6) I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
but I trust in YAHWEH.
(7) I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for THOU hast considered my trouble; THOU hast known my soul in adversities;
(8) And hast not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy: THOU hast set my feet in a
large room. (9) Have mercy upon me, O YAHWEH, for I am in trouble: mine
eye is consumed with grief, yea, my
soul and my belly. (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. (11) I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but
especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did
see me without fled from me. (12) I am forgotten as a dead
man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. (13) For I
have heard the slander of many: fear was on
every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take
away my life. (14) But I trusted in thee, O YAHWEH: I said, THOU art my Elohim. (15) My times
are in thy hand: deliver me from the
hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. (16) Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me
for thy mercies' sake. (17) Let me not be ashamed, O YAHWEH;
for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (18)
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous. (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! (20) THOU shalt hide them in the secret of
thy presence from the pride of man: THOU
shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. (21) Blessed be
YAHWEH:
for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. (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. (23) O love YAHWEH, all ye HIS saints: for YAHWEH
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. (24) Be of good courage, and HE shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in YAHWEH.
(I) A Psalm of David,
Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression
is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (2) Blessed is
the man unto whom YAHWEH imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit
there is no guile. (3) When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through
my roaring all the day long. (4) For day and night thy hand
was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. SELAH. (5) I
acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto YAHWEH; and THOU
forgavest the iniquity of my sin. SELAH. (6) For this shall every one that is pious 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. (7) THOU art my hiding place; THOU shalt preserve me from trouble; THOU shalt compass me about with songs
of deliverance. SELAH. (8) I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way
which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (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. (10) Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that
trusteth in YAHWEH,
mercy shall compass him about. (11) Be glad in YAHWEH,
and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
(I) Rejoice in YAHWEH, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. (2) Praise YAHWEH with harp: sing unto HIM with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings. (3) Sing unto HIM a new song; play skilfully with a
loud noise. (4) For The
Word of YAHWEH is right; and all HIS
works are done in truth. (5) HE
loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of YAHWEH.
(6) By The
Word of YAHWEH were the heavens made; and
all the host of them by the breath of HIS
mouth. (7) HE
gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: HE layeth up the depth in storehouses. (8) Let all the earth fear YAHWEH: let all the inhabitants of
the world stand in awe of HIM. (9) For HE
spake, and it was done; HE commanded, and it stood fast. (10) YAHWEH bringeth the counsel of the heathen to
nought: HE maketh the devices of the
people of none effect. (11) The counsel of YAHWEH
standeth for ever, the thoughts of HIS
heart to all generations. (12) Blessed is the nation whose Elohim is YAHWEH;
and the people whom HE hath chosen for HIS own inheritance. (13) YAHWEH looketh from heaven; HE beholdeth all the sons of men. (14)
From the place of HIS habitation HE looketh upon all the inhabitants of
the earth. (15) HE
fashioneth their hearts alike; HE
considereth all their works. (16) There is no king saved by
the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. (17) An horse is
a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. (18) Behold,
the eye of YAHWEH
is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in HIS mercy; (19) To deliver their soul from death, and to keep
them alive in famine. (20) Our soul waiteth for YAHWEH:
HE is our help and our shield. (21) For our
heart shall rejoice in HIM, because
we have trusted in HIS holy name. (22) Let thy mercy, O YAHWEH, be upon us, according as we
hope in THEE.
(I) A Psalm of David,
when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he
departed. I will bless YAHWEH at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (2) My soul shall make her
boast in YAHWEH:
the humble shall hear thereof, and be
glad. (3) O magnify YAHWEH with me, and let us exalt his name
together. (4) I sought YAHWEH, and he heard me, and delivered me from
all my fears. (5) They looked unto him, and were lightened: and
their faces were not ashamed. (6) This poor man cried, and YAHWEH heard
him, and saved him out of all his
troubles. (7) The angel of YAHWEH encampeth round about them
that fear him, and delivereth them. (8) O taste
and see that YAHWEH
is good: blessed is the man that trusteth
in him. (9) O fear YAHWEH, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (10) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but
they that seek YAHWEH
shall not want any good thing. (11) Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach
you the fear of YAHWEH.
(12) What man is
he that desireth life, and loveth
many days, that he may see good? (13) Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile. (14) Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and
pursue it. (15) The eyes of YAHWEH are upon
the righteous, and his ears are open unto
their cry. (16) The face of YAHWEH is against
them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (17) The
righteous cry, and YAHWEH heareth, and delivereth them out of all
their troubles. (18) YAHWEH is nigh
unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit. (19) Many are the
afflictions of the righteous: but YAHWEH delivereth him out of them all. (20) He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is
broken. (21) Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the
righteous shall be desolate. (22) YAHWEH redeemeth the soul of his
servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
(I) A Psalm of David.
Plead my cause, O YAHWEH,
with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. (2) Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up
for mine help. (3) Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me:
say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
(4) Let them be confounded and put to shame that
seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that
devise my hurt. (5) Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let
the angel of YAHWEH
chase them. (6) Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the
angel of YAHWEH
persecute them. (7) For without cause have they hid for me their net
in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. (8) Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and
let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him
fall. (9) And my soul shall be joyful in YAHWEH:
it shall rejoice in his salvation. (10) All my
bones shall say, YAHWEH, who is like
unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea,
the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? (11) False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my
charge things that I knew not. (12) They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. (13) But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with
fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. (14) I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother:
I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for
his mother. (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: (16) With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they
gnashed upon me with their teeth. (17) My Sovereign ,
how long wilt THOU look on? Rescue
my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. (18) I will give thee thanks in the great
congregation: I will praise thee among much people. (19) Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully
rejoice over me: neither let them
wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. (20)
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. (21) Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. (22) This THOU hast seen, O YAHWEH: keep not silence: O YAHWEH, be not far from me. (23) Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my Elohim
and my Sovereign
. (24) Judge me, O YAHWEH my Elohim, according to thy righteousness; and let
them not rejoice over me. (25) Let them not say in their
hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. (26) Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion
together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and
dishonour that magnify themselves against
me. (27) Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour
my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let YAHWEH be magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. (28) And my
tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and
of thy praise all the day long.
(I) To the chief Musician, A
Psalm of David the servant of YAHWEH. The transgression of the wicked saith
within my heart, that there is no
fear of Elohim before his eyes. (2) For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until
his iniquity be found to be hateful. (3) The words
of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:
he hath left off to be wise, and to
do good. (4) He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth
himself in a way that is not good; he
abhorreth not evil. (5) Thy mercy, O YAHWEH, is in the heavens; and thy
faithfulness reacheth unto the
clouds. (6) THY
righteousness is like the great
mountains; THY judgments are a great deep: O YAHWEH, THOU preservest man and beast. (7) How
excellent is THY lovingkindness, O Elohim! Therefore the children of men put their
trust under the shadow of THY wings.
(8) They shall be abundantly satisfied with the
fatness of THY house; and THOU shalt make them drink of the river
of THY pleasures. (9) For with THEE
is the fountain of life: in THY light shall we see light. (10) O continue THY
lovingkindness unto them that know THEE;
and THY righteousness to the upright
in heart. (11) Let not the foot of pride come against me, and
let not the hand of the wicked remove me. (12) There
are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able
to rise.
(I) A Psalm of David.
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the
workers of iniquity. (2) For they shall soon be cut
down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. (3) Trust in YAHWEH, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. (4) Delight thyself also in YAHWEH; and he shall give thee the
desires of thine heart. (5) Commit thy way unto YAHWEH;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to
pass. (6) And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as
the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. (7) Rest in YAHWEH,
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. (8) Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not
thyself in any wise to do evil. (9) For
evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon YAHWEH, they shall inherit the earth. (10)
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall
not be: yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall
not be. (11) But the
meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the
abundance of peace. (12) The wicked plotteth against the just, and
gnasheth upon him with his teeth. (13) My Sovereign shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day
is coming. (14) The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have
bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. (15) Their sword shall enter into their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken. (16) A little
that a righteous man hath is better
than the riches of many wicked. (17) For the
arms of the wicked shall be broken: but YAHWEH upholdeth the righteous. (18) YAHWEH knoweth the days of the upright: and their
inheritance shall be for ever. (19) They shall not be ashamed
in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. (20) But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of YAHWEH shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall
consume; into smoke shall they consume away. (21)
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy,
and giveth. (22) For such
as be blessed of him shall inherit
the earth; and they that be cursed
of him shall be cut off. (23) The steps of a good man are ordered by YAHWEH:
and he delighteth in his way. (24) Though he fall, he shall
not be utterly cast down: for YAHWEH upholdeth him with his hand. (25) I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. (26) He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and
his seed is blessed. (27) Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for
evermore. (28) For YAHWEH loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his
saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut
off. (29) The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell
therein for ever. (30) The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and
his tongue talketh of judgment. (31) The law
of his Elohim
is in his heart; none of his steps
shall slide. (32) The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh
to slay him. (33) YAHWEH will not leave him in his hand, nor
condemn him when he is judged. (34) Wait on YAHWEH,
and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked
are cut off, thou shalt see it. (35) I have seen the wicked in great power, and
spreading himself like a green bay tree. (36) Yet he
passed away, and, lo, he was not:
yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. (37)
Mark the perfect man, and behold the
upright: for the end of that man is peace. (38)
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall
be cut off. (39) But the salvation of the righteous is of YAHWEH: he is their strength in the time of trouble. (40) And YAHWEH shall help them, and deliver them: he
shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
(I) A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O YAHWEH,
rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. (2) For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand
presseth me sore. (3) There is no
soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. (4) For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as
an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. (5) My wounds
stink and are corrupt because of my
foolishness. (6) I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go
mourning all the day long. (7) For my loins are filled
with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. (8) I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by
reason of the disquietness of my heart. (9) My Sovereign ,
all my desire is before thee; and my
groaning is not hid from thee. (10) My heart panteth, my
strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. (11) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my
sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. (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. (13) But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth
not his mouth. (14) Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in
whose mouth are no reproofs. (15) For in thee, O YAHWEH, do I hope: THOU wilt hear, O my Sovereign my Elohim. (16) For I
said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves
against me. (17) For I am ready
to halt, and my sorrow is continually
before me. (18) For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be
sorry for my sin. (19) But mine enemies are lively, and they are
strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. (20) They also that render evil for good are mine
adversaries; because I follow the thing
that good is. (21) Forsake me not, O YAHWEH: O my Elohim, be not far from me. (22) Make haste to help me, O my Sovereign my salvation.
(I) To the chief Musician, even
to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 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. (2) I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was
stirred. (3) My heart was hot within me, while I was musing
the fire burned: then spake I with my
tongue, (4) YAHWEH, make me to know mine end, and the measure
of my days, what it is; that I may
know how frail I am. (5) Behold, THOU
hast made my days as an handbreadth;
and mine age is as nothing before
thee: verily every man at his best state is
altogether vanity. SELAH. (6) Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely
they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches,
and knoweth not who shall gather them. (7) And now,
my Sovereign
, what wait I for? My hope is in
thee. (8) Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me
not the reproach of the foolish. (9) I was
dumb, I opened not my mouth; because THOU
didst it. (10) Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by
the blow of thine hand. (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. (12) Hear my
prayer, O YAHWEH,
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. (13) O
spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently
for YAHWEH;
and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. (2) He
brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my
feet upon a rock, and established my
goings. (3) And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our Elohim:
many shall see it, and fear, and
shall trust in YAHWEH.
(4) Blessed is
that man that maketh YAHWEH his trust, and respecteth not the proud,
nor such as turn aside to lies. (5) Many, O YAHWEH
my Elohim,
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. (6) Sacrifice
and offering thou didst not desire; Mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering
and sin offering hast thou not required. (7) Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of
the book it is written of Me, (8) I delight to do THY will,
O My Elohim: yea, thy law is within My heart. (9) I have preached righteousness in the great
congregation: lo, I have not refrained My lips, O YAHWEH,
THOU knowest. (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. (11) Withhold not THOU thy tender mercies from me, O YAHWEH: let thy lovingkindness and
thy truth continually preserve me. (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. (13) Be
pleased, O YAHWEH,
to deliver me: O YAHWEH, make haste to help me. (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. (15) Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
that say unto me, Aha, aha. (16) Let all those that seek
thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say
continually, YAHWEH
be magnified. (17) But I am poor
and needy; yet my Sovereign thinketh upon me: THOU art my help and my
deliverer; make no tarrying, O my Elohim.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: YAHWEH
will deliver him in time of trouble. (2) YAHWEH
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. (3) YAHWEH will strengthen him upon the bed of
languishing: THOU wilt make all his
bed in his sickness. (4) I said, YAHWEH,
be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. (5) Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he
die, and his name perish? (6) And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart
gathereth iniquity to itself; when he
goeth abroad, he telleth it. (7) All that hate me whisper together against me:
against me do they devise my hurt. (8) An evil
disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto
him: and now that he lieth he shall
rise up no more. (9) Yea, Mine
own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread, hath lifted
up his heel against Me. (10) But THOU,
O YAHWEH,
be merciful unto Me, and raise Me up, that I may requite them. (11) By this I
know that THOU favourest Me, because Mine enemy doth not triumph over Me. (12) And as for Me,
THOU upholdest Me in Mine integrity,
and settest Me before THY face for ever. (13) Blessed be
YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
(I) To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As
the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O Elohim. (2) My soul
thirsteth for Elohim, for the living El:
when shall I come and appear before Elohim? (3) My tears have been my meat day and night, while
they continually say unto Me, Where is thy
Elohim? (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 Elohim,
with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. (5) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted in Me? Hope thou in Elohim:
for I shall yet praise him for the
help of his countenance. (6) O my Elohim, 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. (7) Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy
waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over Me. (8) Yet YAHWEH
will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with Me, and my prayer unto
the El
of my life. (9) I will say unto El my rock, Why hast THOU forgotten Me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (10) As with
a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach Me;
while they say daily unto Me, Where is thy
Elohim? (11) Why art
thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within Me? Hope thou in Elohim:
for I shall yet praise him, who is the
health of my countenance, and my Elohim.
(I) Judge me, O Elohim,
and plead my cause against a not (righteous) nation: O deliver me from the
deceitful and unjust man. (2) For THOU art the Elohim
of my strength: why dost THOU cast
me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (3) O send out thy light and thy truth: let them
lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. (4) Then will I go unto the altar of Elohim, unto El my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I
praise thee, O Elohim my
Elohim.
(5) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art
thou disquieted within me? Hope in Elohim:
for I shall yet praise him, who is the
health of my countenance, and my Elohim.
(I) To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We
have heard with our ears, O Elohim,
our fathers have told us, what work THOU didst in their days, in the times
of old. (2) How THOU didst drive out the heathen with
thy hand, and plantedst them; how THOU didst afflict the people, and cast
them out. (3) For they got not the land in possession by their
own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine
arm, and the light of thy countenance, because THOU hadst a favour unto them. (4) THOU art my King, O Elohim: command deliverances for Jacob. (5) Through thee will we push down our enemies:
through THY name will we tread them
under that rise up against us. (6) For I will not trust in my
bow, neither shall my sword save me. (7) But THOU hast saved us from our enemies,
and hast put them to shame that hated us. (8) In Elohim we boast all the day long, and praise THY name for ever. SELAH. (9) But THOU hast cast off, and put us to
shame; and goest not forth with our armies. (10) THOU makest us to turn back from the
enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. (11) THOU
hast given us like sheep appointed for
meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. (12) THOU sellest thy people for nought, and
dost not increase thy wealth by their
price. (13) THOU
makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are
round about us. (14) THOU
makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. (15) My confusion is
continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, (16) for the voice of him that reproacheth and
blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. (17)
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt
falsely in thy covenant. (18) Our heart is not turned
back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; (19) Though THOU
hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of
death. (20) If we have forgotten the name of our Elohim,
or stretched out our hands to a strange el; (21) Shall
not Elohim search this out? For he
knoweth the secrets of the heart. (22) Yea, for
thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the
slaughter. (23) Awake, why sleepest THOU, O my Sovereign ? Arise, cast us not off for ever. (24)
Wherefore hidest THOU thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our
oppression? (25) For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our
belly cleaveth unto the earth. (26) Arise for our help, and
redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of
Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. 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. (2) Thou art
fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore Elohim hath blessed thee for ever. (3) Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty,
with thy glory and thy majesty. (4) And in
thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand
shall teach thee terrible things. (5) Thine
arrows are sharp in the heart of the
king's enemies; whereby the people
fall under thee. (6) Thy throne, O Elohim, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. (7) THOU
lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore Elohim,
thy Elohim, hath anointed Thee with the oil of
gladness above Thy fellows. (8) All thy
garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces,
whereby they have made thee glad. (9) Kings'
daughters were among thy honourable
women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. (10) Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline
thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; (11) so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for
he is thy Sovereign; and worship thou him. (12) And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even
the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. (13) The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. (14) She
shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her
companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. (15) With gladness and rejoicing shall they be
brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. (16) Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,
whom THOU mayest make princes in all
the earth. (17) I will make THY
name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise
thee for ever and ever.
(I) To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon
Alamoth. Elohim is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (2) Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be
removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (3) Though the
waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof. SELAH. (4) There is a
river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of Elohim,
the holy place of the tabernacles of
the most High. (5) Elohim is in the midst of her; she shall not be
moved: Elohim shall help her, and that right early. (6) The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he
uttered his voice, the earth melted. (7) YAHWEH
of hosts is with us; the Elohim
of Jacob is our refuge. SELAH. (8) Come,
behold the works of YAHWEH, what desolations he hath made in the
earth. (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. (10) Be still, and know that I am
Elohim: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (11) YAHWEH
of hosts is with us; the Elohim
of Jacob is our refuge. SELAH.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap
your hands, all ye people; shout unto Elohim
with the voice of triumph. (2) For YAHWEH most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. (3) He shall subdue the people under us, and the
nations under our feet. (4) He shall choose our
inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. SELAH. (5) Elohim is gone up with a shout, YAHWEH with the sound of a trumpet. (6) Sing praises to Elohim,
sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. (7) For Elohim is the King of all the earth: sing ye
praises with understanding. (8) Elohim
reigneth over the heathen: Elohim
sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. (9) The
princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the Elohim of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto Elohim:
he is greatly exalted.
(I) A Song and Psalm
for the sons of Korah. Great is YAHWEH,
and greatly to be praised in the city of our Elohim, in the mountain of his holiness. (2)
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the
sides of the north, the city of the great King. (3) Elohim is known in her palaces for a refuge. (4) For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed
by together. (5) They saw it,
and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. (6) Fear took hold upon them
there, and pain, as of a woman in
travail. (7) THOU
breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. (8) As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of
YAHWEH
of hosts, in the city of our Elohim: Elohim
will establish it for ever. SELAH. (9) We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O Elohim, in the midst of thy temple. (10) According to THY name, O Elohim,
so is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. (11)
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of THY judgments. (12) Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell
the towers thereof. (13) Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces;
that ye may tell it to the generation
following. (14) For this Elohim is our
Elohim
for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear
this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: (2) both low and high, rich and poor, together. (3) My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation
of my heart shall be of
understanding. (4) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will
open my dark saying upon the harp. (5) Wherefore
should I fear in the days of evil, when the
iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? (6)
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their
riches; (7) None of
them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to Elohim
a ransom for him: (8) (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) (9) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. (10) For he seeth that
wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave
their wealth to others. (11) Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all
generations; they call their lands
after their own names. (12) Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like
the beasts that perish. (13) This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. SELAH. (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. (15) But Elohim
will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. SELAH. (16) Be not
thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; (17) for when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:
his glory shall not descend after him. (18) Though
while he lived he blessed his soul: and men
will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. (19) He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
they shall never see light. (20) Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
(I) A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty Elohim, even YAHWEH, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of
the sun unto the going down thereof. (2) Out of
Zion, the perfection of beauty, Elohim
hath shined. (3) Our Elohim shall come, and shall not keep silence: a
fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
(4) He shall call to the heavens from above, and to
the earth, that he may judge his people. (5) Gather my
saints together unto ME; those that
have made a covenant with ME by
sacrifice. (6) And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:
for Elohim is judge HIMSELF. SELAH. (7) Hear, O
my people, and I will speak; O
Israel, and I will testify against
thee: I am Elohim, even thy Elohim. (8) I
will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before ME. (9) I will take no bullock out of thy
house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
(10) For every
beast of the forest is MINE, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
(11) I
know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are MINE.
(12) If I
were hungry, I would not tell thee:
for the world is MINE, and the fulness thereof. (13) Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the
blood of goats? (14) Offer unto Elohim
thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: (15) And call upon ME in the day of trouble: I
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify ME.
(16) But unto the wicked Elohim
saith, What hast thou to do to declare MY
statutes, or that thou shouldest
take MY Covenant in thy mouth? (17) Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my
words behind thee. (18) When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst
with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. (19) Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue
frameth deceit. (20) Thou sittest and
speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (21) These things
hast thou done, and I kept
silence; thou thoughtest that I was
altogether such an one as thyself: but I
will reprove thee, and set them in
order before thine eyes. (22) Now consider this, ye
that forget ELOAH
[or Elowahh], lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. (23) Whoso
offereth praise glorifieth ME: and
to him that ordereth his conversation
aright will I show the salvation of Elohim.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the
prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O Elohim,
according to THY lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of THY
tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
(2) Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin. (3) For I acknowledge my
transgressions: and my sin is ever
before me. (4) Against THEE,
THEE only, have I sinned, and done this evil in THY sight: that THOU
mightest be justified when THOU
speakest, and be clear when THOU judgest. (5) Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did
my mother conceive me. (6) Behold, THOU desirest truth in the inward
parts: and in the hidden part THOU shalt make me to know wisdom. (7) Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (8) Make me
to hear joy and gladness; that the
bones which THOU hast broken may rejoice. (9) Hide THY face from my sins, and blot out all
mine iniquities. (10) Create in me a clean heart, O Elohim; and renew
a right spirit within me. (11) Cast me not away from THY presence; and take not THY Holy Spirit from me. (12) Restore unto me the joy of THY salvation; and uphold me with
THY free spirit. (13) Then will I teach transgressors THY ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto THEE.
(14) Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O Elohim, THOU
Elohim of
my salvation: and my tongue shall
sing aloud of THY righteousness. (15) O my Sovereign , open THOU my lips; and my mouth shall show forth THY praise. (16) For THOU desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: THOU
delightest not in burnt offering. (17) The
sacrifices of Elohim
are a broken spirit: a broken and
a contrite heart, O Elohim, THOU
wilt not despise. (18) Do good in THY good pleasure unto Zion: build THOU the walls of Jerusalem. (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.
(I) To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and
said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou
thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of El endureth continually. (2) Thy
tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. (3) Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
righteousness. SELAH. (4) Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. (5) El 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. (6) The
righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: (7) Lo, this
is the man that made not Elohim his strength; but trusted in the abundance
of his riches, and strengthened
himself in his wickedness. (8) But I am like a green olive tree in the house of Elohim:
I trust in the mercy of Elohim
for ever and ever. (9) I will praise thee for ever, because THOU hast done it: and I will wait on THY
name; for it is good before thy
saints.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in
his heart, There is no Elohim. Corrupt are they, and have done
abominable iniquity: there is none
that doeth good. (2) Elohim
looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek Elohim. (3) Every one
of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (4) Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Who
eat up my people as they eat bread:
they have not called upon Elohim. (5) There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for Elohim hath scattered the bones of him that
encampeth against thee: THOU hast put them to shame, because Elohim
hath despised them. (6) Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Elohim bringeth back the captivity of his people,
Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall
be glad.
(I) To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came
and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O Elohim, by THY
name, and judge me by thy strength. (2) Hear my
prayer, O Elohim; give ear to the words
of my mouth. (3) For strangers are risen up against me, and
oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set Elohim
before them. SELAH. (4) Behold, Elohim is mine helper: my Sovereign is with
them that uphold my soul. (5) He shall reward evil unto
mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. (6) I will
freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise THY
name, O YAHWEH;
for it is good. (7) For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and
mine eye hath seen his desire upon
mine enemies.
(I) To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer,
O Elohim; and hide not thyself
from my supplication. (2) Attend unto me, and hear
me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; (3)
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for
they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. (4) My heart is sore pained within me: and the
terrors of death are fallen upon me. (5)
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. (6) And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away, and be at
rest. (7) Lo, then would
I wander far off, and remain in the
wilderness. SELAH. (8) I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. (9) Destroy, O my Sovereign , and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in
the city. (10) Day and night they go about it upon the walls
thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in
the midst of it. (11) Wickedness is
in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. (12) For it was
not an enemy that reproached me;
then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: (13) But it was
thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. (14) We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of Elohim in company. (15)
Let death seize upon them, and let
them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among
them. (16) As for me, I will call upon Elohim;
and YAHWEH
shall save me. (17) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,
and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. (18) He hath
delivered my soul in peace from the battle that
was against me: for there were many with me. (19) El
shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. SELAH. Because they have no changes, therefore they
fear not Elohim. (20) He hath put forth his hands against such as be
at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. (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. (22) Cast thy burden upon YAHWEH,
and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. (23) But THOU,
O Elohim, 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.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of
David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O Elohim: for man would swallow me up; he fighting
daily oppresseth me. (2) Mine enemies would daily
swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O THOU most High. (3) What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. (4) In Elohim I
will praise his word, in Elohim I
have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. (5) Every day they wrest my words: all their
thoughts are against me for evil. (6) They gather themselves together, they hide
themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. (7) Shall they escape by iniquity? In thine anger cast down the people, O Elohim. (8) THOU tellest my wanderings: put THOU my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? (9) When I cry unto
thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for Elohim is for
me. (10) In Elohim
will I praise his word: in YAHWEH
will I praise his word. (11) In Elohim
have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. (12) Thy vows are
upon me, O Elohim: I
will render praises unto thee. (13) For THOU hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not THOU deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before Elohim in the light of the living?
(I) To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he
fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O Elohim,
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. (2) I will cry unto Elohim
most high; unto El
that performeth all things for me. (3) He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up. SELAH. Elohim
shall send forth his mercy and his truth. (4) My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them
that are set on fire, even the sons
of men, whose teeth are spears and
arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (5) Be THOU exalted, O Elohim,
above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. (6) They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul
is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they
are fallen themselves. SELAH. (7) My heart
is fixed, O Elohim, my heart is fixed: I
will sing and give praise. (8) Awake up, my glory; awake,
psaltery and harp: I myself will
awake early. (9) I will praise thee, O my Sovereign , among the people: I
will sing unto thee among the nations. (10) For thy
mercy is great unto the heavens, and
thy truth unto the clouds. (11) Be THOU exalted, O Elohim,
above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
(I) To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye
indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men? (2) Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the
violence of your hands in the earth. (3) The
wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born,
speaking lies. (4) Their poison is
like the poison of a serpent: they
are like the deaf adder that stoppeth
her ear; (5) Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
charming never so wisely. (6) Break their teeth, O Elohim, in their mouth: break out the great teeth
of the young lions, O YAHWEH. (7) Let them
melt away as waters which run
continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be
as cut in pieces. (8) As a snail which
melteth, let every one of them pass
away: like the untimely birth of a
woman, that they may not see the sun.
(9) Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall
take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. (10) The righteous shall
rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the
wicked. (11) So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is an Elohim that judgeth in the earth.
(I) To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when
Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine
enemies, O my Elohim:
defend me from them that rise up against me. (2)
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. (3) For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the
mighty are gathered against me; not for my
transgression, nor for my sin, O YAHWEH.
(4) They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. (5) THOU
therefore, O YAHWEH
Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, awake to visit
all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. SELAH. (6) They
return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. (7) Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? (8) But THOU,
O YAHWEH,
shalt laugh at them; THOU shalt have
all the heathen in derision. (9) Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for Elohim is my
defence. (10) The Elohim of my mercy shall prevent me: Elohim shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. (11) Slay
them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them
down, O my Sovereign
our shield. (12) For the
sin of their mouth and the words of
their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. (13) Consume them
in wrath, consume them, that they
may not be: and let them know that Elohim
ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. SELAH.
(14) And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog,
and go round about the city. (15) Let them wander up and
down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. (16) But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing
aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for THOU
hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. (17) Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for Elohim is my
defence, and the Elohim of my mercy.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David,
to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned,
and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O Elohim,
THOU hast cast us off, THOU hast scattered us, THOU hast been displeased; O turn
thyself to us again. (2) THOU hast made the earth to tremble; THOU hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. (3) THOU
hast showed thy people hard things: THOU
hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. (4) THOU hast given a banner to them that
fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. SELAH. (5) That thy
beloved may be delivered; save with thy
right hand, and hear me. (6) Elohim
hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth. (7) Gilead is MINE,
and Manasseh is MINE; Ephraim also is the
strength of MINE head; Judah is my lawgiver; (8) Moab is my
washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of
me. (9) Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom? (10) Wilt not
THOU, O Elohim,
which hadst cast us off? And THOU, O Elohim, which didst not go out with our armies? (11) Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. (12) Through Elohim we
shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall
tread down our enemies.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O Elohim;
attend unto my prayer. (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. (3) For THOU
hast been a shelter for me, and a
strong tower from the enemy. (4) I will abide in thy
tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. SELAH. (5) For THOU, O Elohim,
hast heard my vows: THOU hast given me the heritage of those that fear THY name. (6) THOU
wilt prolong the king's life: and his
years as many generations. (7) He shall abide before Elohim for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. (8) So will I sing praise unto THY name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
(I) To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly
my soul waiteth upon Elohim:
from him cometh my salvation. (2) He only is
my rock and my salvation; he is my
defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (3) How long
will ye imagine mischief against a man? Ye shall be slain all of you: as a
bowing wall shall ye be, and as a
tottering fence. (4) They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with
their mouth, but they curse inwardly. SELAH. (5) My soul, wait thou only upon Elohim; for my expectation is from HIM. (6) HE
only is my Rock and my Salvation: HE is my Defence; I shall not be moved. (7) In Elohim is my
Salvation and my glory: the Rock of my strength, and my Refuge, is in Elohim. (8) Trust in HIM at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before HIM: Elohim is a Refuge for us. SELAH. (9) Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of
high degree are a lie: to be laid in
the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. (10) Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery:
if riches increase, set not your heart upon
them. (11) Elohim
hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto Elohim. (12) Also unto thee, O my Sovereign , belongeth mercy: for THOU renderest to every man according to his
work.
(I) A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O Elohim, THOU
art my El; early will I seek thee: my soul
thirsteth for THEE, my flesh longeth
for THEE in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is; (2) To see THY
power and THY glory, so as I have seen THEE in the sanctuary. (3) Because THY lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise THEE. (4) Thus will I bless THEE while I live: I will lift up my hands in THY name. (5) My soul shall be satisfied
as with marrow and fatness; and my
mouth shall praise THEE with joyful
lips: (6) When I remember THEE upon my bed, and meditate
on THEE in the night watches. (7) Because THOU hast been my help, therefore in
the shadow of THY wings will I
rejoice. (8) My soul followeth hard after THEE: THY right hand upholdeth me. (9) But those
that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the
earth. (10) They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a
portion for foxes. (11) But the king shall rejoice in Elohim; every one that sweareth by HIM shall glory: but the mouth of them
that speak lies shall be stopped.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O Elohim, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear
of the enemy. (2) Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: (3) Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (4) That they may shoot in
secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. (5) They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say,
Who shall see them? (6) They search out iniquities; they accomplish a
diligent search: both the inward thought of
every one of them, and the heart, is deep. (7)
But Elohim shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be
wounded. (8) So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon
themselves: all that see them shall flee away. (9)
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of Elohim;
for they shall wisely consider of his doing. (10)
The righteous shall be glad in YAHWEH, and shall trust in him; and all the
upright in heart shall glory.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O Elohim,
in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. (2) O THOU
that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. (3) Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, THOU shalt purge them away. (4) Blessed is
the man whom THOU choosest, and
causest to approach unto thee, that he
may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. (5) By terrible
things in righteousness wilt THOU
answer us, O Elohim
of our salvation; who art the
confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: (6) Which by his strength setteth fast the
mountains; being girded with power: (7) Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise
of their waves, and the tumult of the people. (8)
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: THOU makest the outgoings of the
morning and evening to rejoice. (9) THOU visitest the earth, and waterest
it: THOU greatly enrichest it with
the river of Elohim, which is full of water: THOU
preparest them corn, when THOU hast
so provided for it. (10) THOU
waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: THOU
settlest the furrows thereof: THOU
makest it soft with showers: THOU
blessest the springing thereof. (11) THOU crownest the year with thy
goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. (12) They
drop upon the pastures of the
wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. (13) The pastures are clothed with flocks; the
valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto Elohim,
all ye lands: (2) Sing forth the honour of his name: make his
praise glorious. (3) Say unto Elohim,
How terrible art THOU in thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall
thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. (4) All the
earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to THY
name. SELAH. (5) Come and see the works of Elohim:
he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. (6) He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in
him. (7) He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold
the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. SELAH.
(8) O bless our Elohim, ye people, and make the voice of his
praise to be heard: (9) Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth
not our feet to be moved. (10) For THOU, O Elohim,
hast proved us: THOU hast tried us,
as silver is tried. (11) THOU
broughtest us into the net; THOU
laidst affliction upon our loins. (12) THOU hast caused men to ride over our
heads; we went through fire and through water: but THOU broughtest us out into a wealthy place. (13) I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I
will pay thee my vows, (14) which my lips have
uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. (15) I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of
fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. SELAH. (16) Come and hear, all ye that fear Elohim, and I will declare what he hath done for
my soul. (17) I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was
extolled with my tongue. (18) If I regard iniquity in
my heart, my Sovereign
will not hear me: (19) but verily
Elohim hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. (20) Blessed be
Elohim, which hath not turned
away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
(I) To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. Elohim
be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause
his face to shine upon us; SELAH. (2) That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving
health among all nations. (3) Let the people praise
thee, O Elohim; let all the people
praise thee. (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.
(5) Let the people praise thee, O Elohim; let all the people praise thee. (6) Then shall
the earth yield her increase; and Elohim, even
our own Elohim,
shall bless us. (7) Elohim
shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let Elohim
arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before
him. (2) As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as
wax melteth before the fire, so let
the wicked perish at the presence of Elohim. (3) But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice
before Elohim: yea, let them
exceedingly rejoice. (4) Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to his name: extol him that
rideth upon the heavens by his name YAH, and rejoice before him. (5) A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the
widows, is Elohim
in his holy habitation. (6) Elohim
setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with
chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
(7) O Elohim,
when THOU wentest forth before thy
people, when THOU didst march
through the wilderness; SELAH: (8) The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the
presence of Elohim: even Sinai itself was moved at
the presence of Elohim,
the Elohim
of Israel. (9) THOU,
O Elohim, didst send a plentiful
rain, whereby THOU didst confirm
thine inheritance, when it was weary. (10) Thy
congregation hath dwelt therein: THOU,
O Elohim, hast prepared of thy
goodness for the poor. (11) My Sovereign gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. (12) Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that
tarried at home divided the spoil. (13) Though
ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye
be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow
gold. (14) When the Almighty
scattered kings in it, it was white as
snow in Salmon. (15) The hill of Elohim is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. (16) Why leap ye, ye high hills? This is the hill which Elohim
desireth to dwell in; yea, YAHWEH will dwell in it for ever. (17) The chariots of Elohim are twenty
thousand, even thousands of angels:
my Sovereign
is
among them, as in Sinai, in the
holy place. (18) Thou hast
ascended on high, THOU hast led captivity captive: THOU hast received gifts for
men; yea, for the rebellious
also, that YAH
Elohim might dwell among them. (19) Blessed be my Sovereign , who daily loadeth us with
benefits, even the El of our salvation. SELAH.
(20) He that is
our El
is the El of salvation; and unto YAHWEH
my Sovereign
belong the issues from death. (21) But Elohim
shall wound the head of his enemies, and the
hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. (22) My Sovereign said, I will bring
again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the
sea: (23) That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. (24) They have seen thy goings, O Elohim; even
the goings of my El, my King, in the sanctuary. (25) The singers went before, the players on
instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with
timbrels. (26) Bless ye Elohim in
the congregations, even my Sovereign ,
from the fountain of Israel. (27) There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. (28) Thy Elohim
hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O Elohim,
that which THOU hast wrought for us.
(29) Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring
presents unto thee. (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. (31) Princes
shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto Elohim. (32) Sing
unto Elohim, ye kingdoms of the
earth; O sing praises unto my Sovereign ; SELAH:
(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. (34) Ascribe ye strength unto Elohim:
his excellency is over Israel, and
his strength is in the clouds. (35) O Elohim, THOU art terrible out of thy holy places:
the El
of Israel is he that giveth strength
and power unto his people. Blessed be Elohim.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O Elohim;
for the waters are come in unto my soul.
(2) I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow
me. (3) I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:
mine eyes fail while I wait for my Elohim. (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. (5) O Elohim,
THOU knowest my foolishness; and my
sins are not hid from thee. (6) Let not them that wait on
thee, O my Sovereign
YAHWEH of hosts, be ashamed for my sake:
let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O Elohim of Israel. (7) Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;
shame hath covered my face. (8) I am become a stranger
unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. (9) For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. (10) When I wept, and
chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. (11) I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a
proverb to them. (12) They that sit in the gate speak against me; and
I was the song of the drunkards. (13) But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O YAHWEH, in an
acceptable time: O Elohim,
in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. (14) Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. (15) Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let
the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. (16) Hear me, O YAHWEH; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies. (17) And hide
not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. (18) Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. (19) THOU
hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. (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. (21) They
gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (22) Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. (23) Let
their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to
shake. (24) Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let
thy wrathful anger take hold of them. (25) Let
their habitation be desolate; and let
none dwell in their tents. (26) For they persecute him whom THOU hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom THOU hast wounded. (27) Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them
not come into thy righteousness. (28) Let them
be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the
righteous. (29) But I am poor
and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O Elohim,
set me up on high. (30) I will
praise the name of Elohim with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving. (31) This also
shall please YAHWEH better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. (32) The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall
live that seek Elohim. (33) For YAHWEH heareth the poor, and despiseth not his
prisoners. (34) Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas,
and every thing that moveth therein. (35) For Elohim will save Zion, and will build the cities
of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. (36) The seed also of his servants shall inherit it:
and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
(I) To the chief Musician, A
Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O Elohim,
to deliver me; make haste to help me, O YAHWEH. (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. (3) Let them
be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. (4) Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad
in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let Elohim be magnified. (5) But I am poor
and needy: make haste unto me, O Elohim: THOU art my help and my deliverer; O YAHWEH, make no tarrying.
(I) In thee, O YAHWEH, do I put my trust: let me never be put to
confusion. (2) Deliver me in THY righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline THINE ear unto me, and save me. (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. (4) Deliver me, O my Elohim, out of the hand of the
wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. (5) For THOU
art my hope, O my Sovereign YAHWEH: THOU art my trust from my youth. (6) By thee
have I been holden up from the womb: THOU
art HE that took me out of my
mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually
of THEE. (7) I am as a wonder unto many; but THOU art my strong refuge. (8) Let my
mouth be filled with THY praise and with THY honour all
the day. (9) Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake
me not when my strength faileth. (10) For mine
enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel
together, (11) Saying, Elohim
hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
(12) O Elohim,
be not far from me: O my Elohim, make haste for my help. (13) Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my
hurt. (14) But I will hope continually, and will yet praise
THEE more and more. (15) My mouth shall show forth THY righteousness and THY salvation all the day; for I know
not the numbers thereof. (16) I will go in the strength of my Sovereign YAHWEH: I will make mention of THY righteousness, even of THINE only. (17) O Elohim, THOU hast taught me from my youth: and
hitherto have I declared THY
wondrous works. (18) Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O Elohim, forsake me not; until I have showed THY strength unto this generation, and THY power to every one that is to come. (19) THY
righteousness also, O Elohim, is very high, WHO hast done great things: O Elohim,
who is like unto THEE! (20) THOU, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me
again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. (21) THOU
shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. (22) I will also praise THEE with the psaltery, even
THY truth, O my Elohim: unto thee will I sing with
the harp, O THOU Holy One of Israel.
(23) My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto THEE; and my soul, which THOU hast redeemed. (24) My tongue also shall talk of THY righteousness all the day long: for
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
(I) Psalm for Solomon.
Give the king THY judgments, O Elohim, and thy righteousness unto the king's
son. (2) He shall judge thy people with righteousness,
and thy poor with judgment. (3) The mountains shall bring
peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. (4) He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall
save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. (5) They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon
endure, throughout all generations. (6) He shall
come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. (7) In his
days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon
endureth. (8) He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and
from the river unto the ends of the earth. (9) They that
dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the
dust. (10) The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall
bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. (11) Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all
nations shall serve him. (12) For he shall deliver the
needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him
that hath no helper. (13) He shall spare the poor
and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. (14) He shall redeem their soul from deceit and
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. (15) And he shall live, and to him shall be given of
the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. (16) There shall be an handful of 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. (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. (18) Blessed be
YAHWEH
Elohim, the Elohim of Israel, who only doeth
wondrous things. (19) And blessed be
his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. (20) The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
(I) A Psalm of Asaph. Truly Elohim is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. (2) But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my
steps had well nigh slipped. (3) For I was envious at the
foolish, when I saw the prosperity of
the wicked. (4) For there
are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. (5) They are not in trouble as other men;
neither are they plagued like other men.
(6) Therefore pride compasseth them about as a
chain; violence covereth them as a
garment. (7) Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have
more than heart could wish. (8) They are corrupt, and
speak wickedly concerning oppression:
they speak loftily. (9) They set their mouth against the heavens, and
their tongue walketh through the earth. (10)
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. (11) And they
say, How doth El
know? And is there knowledge in the most High? (12)
Behold, these are the morally wrong,
who prosper in the world; they increase in
riches. (13) Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in
innocency. (14) For all the day long have I been plagued, and
chastened every morning. (15) If I say, I will speak
thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children. (16) When I thought to know
this, it was too painful for me; (17) until I went into the sanctuary of El; then understood I their end. (18) Surely THOU
didst set them in slippery places: THOU
castedst them down into destruction. (19) How are
they brought into desolation, as in a
moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. (20)
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O my Sovereign , when THOU awakest, THOU shalt despise their image. (21) Thus my
heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. (22) So foolish was
I, and ignorant: I was as a beast
before thee. (23) Nevertheless I am continually with thee: THOU
hast holden me by my right hand. (24) THOU
shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. (25) Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon
earth that I desire beside thee. (26) My flesh and my heart faileth: but Elohim is the strength of my heart, and my
portion for ever. (27) For, lo, they that are far from thee shall
perish: THOU hast destroyed all them
that go a whoring from thee. (28) But it is good for me to draw near to Elohim:
I have put my trust in my Sovereign YAHWEH,
that I may declare all thy works.
(I) Maschil of Asaph. O Elohim,
why hast THOU cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (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. (3) Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;
even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. (4) Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy
congregations; they set up their ensigns for
signs. (5) A man was
famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. (6) But now they break down the carved work thereof
at once with axes and hammers. (7) They have cast fire into
thy sanctuary, they have defiled by
casting down the dwelling place of THY
name to the ground. (8) They said in their hearts,
Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of El in
the land. (9) We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. (10) O Elohim,
how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme THY name for ever? (11) Why withdrawest THOU thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom. (12) For Elohim is my
King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. (13) THOU
didst divide the sea by thy strength: THOU
brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. (14) THOU brakest the heads of leviathan in
pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the
wilderness. (15) THOU
didst cleave the fountain and the flood: THOU
driedst up mighty rivers. (16) The day is thine, the night also is thine: THOU hast prepared the light and the sun. (17) THOU
hast set all the borders of the earth: THOU
hast made summer and winter. (18) Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O YAHWEH,
and that the foolish people have
blasphemed THY name. (19) O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto
the multitude of the wicked: forget
not the congregation of thy poor for ever. (20) Have
respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the
habitations of cruelty. (21) O let not the oppressed
return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise THY name. (22) Arise, O Elohim, plead thine own cause: remember how the
foolish man reproacheth thee daily. (23) Forget
not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee
increaseth continually.
(I) To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O Elohim, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that THY name is near
thy wondrous works declare. (2) When I shall receive the
congregation I will judge uprightly. (3) The earth
and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. SELAH. (4) I said
unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: (5) Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. (6) For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the
south. (7) But Elohim is the judge: he putteth down one, and
setteth up another. (8) For in the hand of YAHWEH there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he
poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth
shall wring them out, and drink them. (9) But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises
to the Elohim
of Jacob. (10) All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
but the horns of the righteous shall
be exalted.
(I) To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is Elohim
known: his name is great in Israel. (2) In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his
dwelling place in Zion. (3) There brake he the arrows
of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. SELAH.
(4) THOU art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. (5) The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept
their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. (6) At thy rebuke, O Elohim of Jacob, both the chariot
and horse are cast into a dead sleep. (7) THOU, even THOU, art to be feared: and who may stand in
thy sight when once THOU art angry? (8) THOU
didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, (9) When Elohim
arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. SELAH.
(10) Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the
remainder of wrath shalt THOU
restrain. (11) Vow, and pay unto YAHWEH your Elohim: let all that be round about
him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. (12) He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the
earth.
(I) To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I
cried unto with my voice, even unto Elohim
with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. (2) In the
day of my trouble I sought my Sovereign: my sore ran in the night, and ceased
not: my soul refused to be comforted. (3) I
remembered Elohim,
and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. SELAH. (4) THOU holdest mine eyes waking: I am so
troubled that I cannot speak. (5) I have considered the days
of old, the years of ancient times. (6) I call to
remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit
made diligent search. (7) Will my Sovereign cast
off for ever? And will he be favourable no more? (8) Is
his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his promise
fail for evermore? (9) Hath El forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger
shut up his tender mercies? SELAH. (10) And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will
remember the years of the right hand of the most High. (11) I will remember the works of YAH :
surely I will remember thy wonders of old. (12) I will
meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. (13) Thy way, O
Elohim, is
in the sanctuary: who is so great
an El
as our Elohim? (14) THOU art the El that doest wonders: THOU hast declared thy strength among
the people. (15) THOU
hast with thine arm redeemed thy
people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. SELAH. (16) The waters saw thee, O Elohim, the waters saw thee; they
were afraid: the depths also were troubled. (17) The clouds
poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. (18) The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth
trembled and shook. (19) Thy way is
in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not
known. (20) THOU
leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
(I) Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the
words of my mouth. (2) I
will open my mouth in a parable: I
will utter dark sayings of old: (3) Which we
have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. (4) We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the
praises of YAHWEH,
and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. (5) For he established a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should
make them known to their children: (6) That the
generation to come might know them, even the
children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: (7) That they might set their hope in Elohim, and not forget the works of El, but
keep HIS Commandments: (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 El. (9) The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying
bows, turned back in the day of battle. (10) They
kept not the covenant of Elohim,
and refused to walk in his law; (11) and
forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. (12) Marvellous things did he in the sight of their
fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the
field of Zoan. (13) He divided the sea, and caused them to pass
through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. (14) In the daytime also he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a light of fire. (15) He clave
the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them
drink as out of the great depths.
(16) He brought streams also out of the rock, and
caused waters to run down like rivers. (17) And they
sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. (18) And they tempted El in their heart by asking meat
for their lust. (19) Yea, they spake against Elohim;
they said, Can El
furnish a table in the wilderness? (20) Behold,
he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can
he give bread also? Can he provide flesh for his people? (21) Therefore YAHWEH heard this,
and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up
against Israel; (22) Because they believed not in Elohim, and trusted not in his salvation: (23) Though he had commanded the clouds from above,
and opened the doors of heaven, (24) And had
rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. (25) Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to
the full. (26) He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven:
and by his power he brought in the south wind. (27)
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of
the sea: (28) And he let it
fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. (29) So they did eat, and were well filled: for he
gave them their own desire; (30) They were not estranged
from their lust. But while their meat was
yet in their mouths, (31) The wrath of Elohim came upon them, and slew the fattest of
them, and smote down the chosen men of
Israel. (32) For all this they sinned still, and believed not
for his wondrous works. (33) Therefore their days did
he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. (34) When he slew them, then they sought him: and
they returned and inquired early after El. (35) And they
remembered that Elohim was their rock, and the high El
their redeemer. (36) Nevertheless they did flatter him with their
mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. (37) For their heart was not right with him, neither
were they stedfast in his covenant. (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. (39)
For he remembered that they were but flesh;
a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. (40)
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! (41) Yea, they
turned back and tempted El, and limited the Holy One of Israel. (42) They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from
the enemy. (43) How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his
wonders in the field of Zoan: (44) And had turned their
rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. (45) He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which
devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. (46)
He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
(47) He destroyed their vines with hail, and their
sycamore trees with frost. (48) He gave up their cattle
also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. (49) He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. (50) He made a way to his anger; he spared not their
soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; (51) And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief
of their strength in the tabernacles
of Ham: (52) But made his own people to go forth like sheep,
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (53)
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed
their enemies. (54) And he brought them to the border of his
sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. (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. (56) Yet they tempted and provoked the most high Elohim, and kept not HIS testimonies: (57) But turned back, and
dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful
bow. (58) For they provoked him to anger with their high
places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (59) When Elohim
heard this, he was wroth, and greatly
abhorred Israel: (60) So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the
tent which he placed among men; (61) And delivered his strength into captivity, and
his glory into the enemy's hand. (62) He gave
his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. (63) The fire consumed their young men; and their
maidens were not given to marriage. (64) Their
priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. (65) Then my Sovereign awaked as one out of sleep, and
like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. (66) And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he
put them to a perpetual reproach. (67) Moreover
he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: (68) but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion
which he loved. (69) And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath
established for ever. (70) He chose David also his
servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: (71) from
following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people,
and Israel his inheritance. (72) So he fed them according
to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
(I) A Psalm of Asaph. O Elohim,
the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. (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. (3) Their blood have they shed
like water round about Jerusalem; and there
was none to bury them. (4) We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a
scorn and derision to them that are round about us. (5) How long, YAHWEH? Wilt THOU
be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? (6) Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have
not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon THY name. (7) For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his
dwelling place. (8) O remember not against us former iniquities: let
thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. (9) Help us, O Elohim of our salvation, for the glory of THY name: and deliver us, and purge
away our sins, for THY name’s sake. (10) Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their Elohim? Let him be known among the
heathen in our sight by the revenging
of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
(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; (12) And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into
their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O my Sovereign.
(13) So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will
give thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of
Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, THOU
that leadest Joseph like a flock; THOU
that dwellest between the cherubims,
shine forth. (2) Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up
THY strength, and come and save us. (3) Turn us again, O Elohim,
and cause THY face to shine; and we
shall be saved. (4) O YAHWEH Elohim of
hosts, how long wilt THOU be angry
against the prayer of THY people? (5) THOU
feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great
measure. (6) THOU
makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
(7) Turn us again, O Elohim of hosts, and cause THY face to shine; and we shall be saved.
(8) THOU
hast brought a vine out of Egypt: THOU
hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. (9) THOU preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled
the land. (10) The hills were covered with the shadow of it,
and the boughs thereof were like the
goodly cedars. (11) She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her
branches unto the river. (12) Why hast THOU then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way
do pluck her? (13) The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the
wild beast of the field doth devour it. (14) Return,
we beseech thee, O Elohim of hosts: look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine; (15) And the vineyard which THY right hand hath planted, and the
branch that THOU madest strong for Thyself.
(16) It is burned
with fire, it is cut down: they
perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. (17) Let THY hand be upon the man of THY right hand, upon the son of man whom THOU madest strong for Thyself.
(18) So will not we go back from THEE: quicken us, and we will call upon THY name. (19) Turn us again, O YAHWEH Elohim of hosts, cause THY face to shine; and we shall be saved.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto Elohim
our strength: make a joyful noise unto the Elohim of Jacob. (2)
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the
psaltery. (3) Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time
appointed, on our solemn feast day. (4) For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the Elohim of Jacob. (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. (6) I
removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. (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. (8) Hear, O MY
people, and I will testify unto
thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto ME;
(9) There shall no strange el be in thee; neither
shalt thou worship any strange el. (10) I am YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. (11) But MY
people would not hearken to MY
voice; and Israel would none of ME. (12) So I
gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and
they walked in their own counsels. (13) Oh that MY people had hearkened unto ME, and
Israel had walked in MY ways! (14) I
should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned MY hand against their adversaries. (15)
The haters of YAHWEH
should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured
for ever. (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.
(I) A Psalm of Asaph. Elohim
standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the elohim. (2) How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked? SELAH. (3) Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to
the afflicted and needy. (4) Deliver the poor and
needy: rid them out of the hand of
the wicked. (5) They know not, neither will they understand;
they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. (6) I have said, Ye are elohim; and all of you are
children of the most High. (7) But ye shall die like men,
and fall like one of the princes. (8) Arise, O Elohim, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit
all nations.
(I) A Song or Psalm of
Asaph. Keep not THOU silence, O Elohim: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O El. (2) For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they
that hate thee have lifted up the head. (3) They have
taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
(4) They have said, Come, and let us cut them off
from being a nation; that the name of
Israel may be no more in remembrance. (5) For they
have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: (6) The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of
Moab, and the Hagarenes; (7) Gebal, and Ammon, and
Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; (8) Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen
the children of Lot. SELAH. (9) Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera,
as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: (10) Which perished
at Endor: they became as dung for the
earth. (11) Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea,
all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: (12)
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of Elohim
in possession. (13) O my Elohim, make them like a wheel; as the stubble
before the wind. (14) As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame
setteth the mountains on fire; (15) so persecute them with
thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. (16) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek THY name, O YAHWEH. (17) Let them be confounded and troubled for ever;
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: (18) That men may know that THOU, whose name alone is YAHWEH art the most high over all the earth.
(I) To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of
Korah. How amiable are thy
tabernacles, O YAHWEH
of hosts! (2) My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the
courts of YAHWEH:
my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living El. (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 YAHWEH
of hosts, my King, and my Elohim. (4) Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they
will be still praising thee. SELAH. (5) Blessed is
the man whose strength is in
thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. (6) Who passing through the valley of Baca
make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. (7)
They go from strength to strength, every
one of them in Zion appeareth before Elohim. (8) O YAHWEH Elohim of
hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O Elohim of Jacob. SELAH.
(9) Behold, O Elohim
our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. (10) For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of my Elohim,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (11) For YAHWEH Elohim is a
sun and shield: YAHWEH
will give grace and glory: no good thing will
HE withhold from them that walk
uprightly. (12) O YAHWEH of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in THEE.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. YAHWEH,
THOU hast been favourable unto thy
land: THOU hast brought back the
captivity of Jacob. (2) THOU
hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, THOU
hast covered all their sin. SELAH. (3) THOU
hast taken away all thy wrath: THOU
hast turned thyself from the
fierceness of thine anger. (4) Turn us, O Elohim of
our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. (5) Wilt THOU
be angry with us for ever? Wilt THOU
draw out thine anger to all generations? (6) Wilt THOU not revive us again: that thy
people may rejoice in thee? (7) Show us thy mercy, O YAHWEH,
and grant us thy salvation. (8) I will hear what El YAHWEH
will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let
them not turn again to folly. (9) Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory
may dwell in our land. (10) Mercy and truth are met
together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (11) Truth shall spring out of
the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. (12) Yea, YAHWEH shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. (13) Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set
us in the way of his steps.
(I) A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O YAHWEH,
hear me: for I am poor and needy. (2) Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O THOU my Elohim,
save thy servant that trusteth in thee. (3) Be
merciful unto me, O my Sovereign : for I cry unto thee daily. (4) Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee,
O my Sovereign
, do I lift up my soul. (5) For THOU, my Sovereign , art
good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call
upon thee. (6) Give ear, O YAHWEH, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice
of my supplications. (7) In the day of my trouble I
will call upon thee: for THOU wilt
answer me. (8) Among the elohim there is none like unto thee, O my Sovereign ; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
(9) All nations whom THOU hast made shall come and worship before thee, O my Sovereign ;
and shall glorify THY name. (10) For THOU
art great, and doest wondrous things:
THOU art Elohim
alone. (11) Teach me thy way, O YAHWEH; I will walk in thy truth:
unite my heart to fear THY name. (12) I will praise thee, O my Sovereign my Elohim, with all my heart: and I will glorify THY name for evermore. (13) For great is
thy mercy toward me: and THOU
hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. (14) O
Elohim, the proud are risen against me, and the
assemblies of violent men have sought
after my soul; and have not set thee before them. (15) But THOU,
O my Sovereign
, art an El full of compassion, and
gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. (16) O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy
strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. (17) Show me a token for good; that they which hate
me may see it, and be ashamed:
because THOU, YAHWEH, hast holpen me, and
comforted me.
(I) A Psalm or Song
for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in
the holy mountains. (2) YAHWEH loveth the gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings of Jacob. (3) Glorious things are spoken of thee, O City of Elohim. SELAH. (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. (5) And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man
was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. (6) YAHWEH shall count, when he writeth up the
people, that this man was born there. SELAH. (7) As well
the singers as the players on instruments shall
be there: all my springs are in
thee.
(I) A Song or Psalm
for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of
Heman the Ezrahite. O YAHWEH Elohim of
my salvation, I have cried day and night
before thee: (2) Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine
ear unto my cry; (3) For my soul is full of troubles: and my life
draweth nigh unto the grave. (4) I am counted with them
that go down into the pit: I am as a man that
hath no strength: (5) Free among the dead, like
the slain that lie in the grave, whom THOU
rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. (6) THOU
hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. (7) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and THOU hast afflicted me with all thy waves. SELAH. (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. (9) Mine eye mourneth by
reason of affliction: YAHWEH, I have called daily upon thee, I have
stretched out my hands unto thee. (10) Wilt THOU show wonders to the dead? Shall
the dead arise and praise thee? SELAH. (11) Shall
thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction? (12)
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of
forgetfulness? (13) But unto thee have I cried, O YAHWEH;
and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. (14) YAHWEH,
why castest THOU off my soul? Why hidest THOU thy face from me? (15) I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. (16) Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have
cut me off. (17) They came round about me daily like water; they
compassed me about together. (18) Lover and friend hast THOU put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
(I) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of YAHWEH for ever: with MY mouth will I make
known thy faithfulness to all generations. (2) For I have said, Mercy shall be built up
for ever: thy faithfulness shalt THOU
establish in the very heavens. (3) I have made a covenant with MY
chosen, I have sworn unto David MY servant, (4) thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. SELAH. (5) And the
heavens shall praise thy wonders, O YAHWEH: thy faithfulness also in the congregation
of the saints. (6) For who in the heaven can be compared unto YAHWEH?
Who among the sons of the mighty can
be likened unto YAHWEH?
(7) El is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the
saints, and to be had in reverence of all them
that are about him. (8) O YAHWEH Elohim
of hosts, who is a strong YAH like
unto thee? Or to thy faithfulness round about thee? (9) THOU
rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, THOU stillest them. (10) THOU
hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; THOU hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. (11) The heavens are
thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof,
THOU hast founded them. (12) The north and the south THOU hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in THY name. (13) THOU
hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and
high is thy right hand. (14) Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy
and truth shall go before thy face. (15) Blessed is the people that know the joyful
sound: they shall walk, O YAHWEH, in the light of thy countenance. (16) In THY
name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be
exalted. (17) For THOU
art the glory of their strength: and
in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. (18) For YAHWEH is our defence; and the Holy One of
Israel is our king. (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. (20) I
have found David MY servant; with MY holy oil have I anointed him: (21) With whom MY hand shall be established: MINE arm also shall strengthen him. (22) The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son
of wickedness afflict him. (23) And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that
hate him. (24) But MY
faithfulness and MY mercy shall be with him: and in MY name shall his horn be exalted. (25) I
will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. (26) He shall cry unto ME, THOU art my father, my El, and the rock of my salvation. (27) Also I
will make him my firstborn, higher
than the kings of the earth. (28) My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and MY Covenant shall stand fast with him. (29) His seed also will I make to endure for
ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. (30) If his
children forsake MY law, and walk
not in MY judgments; (31) If they break MY statutes, and keep not MY
Commandments; (32) Then will I
visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. (33) Nevertheless MY lovingkindness will I
not utterly take from him, nor suffer MY
faithfulness to fail. (34) My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that
is gone out of MY lips. (35) Once have I
sworn by MY holiness that I will not lie unto David. (36) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne
as the sun before ME. (37) It shall be established for ever as the moon,
and as a faithful witness in heaven. SELAH. (38) But THOU hast cast off and abhorred, THOU hast been wroth with thine
anointed. (39) THOU
hast made void the covenant of thy servant: THOU hast profaned his crown by
casting it to the ground. (40) THOU hast broken down all his hedges; THOU hast brought his strong holds to ruin. (41) All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a
reproach to his neighbours. (42) THOU hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; THOU hast made all his enemies to
rejoice. (43) THOU
hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the
battle. (44) THOU
hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. (45) The days of his youth hast THOU shortened: THOU
hast covered him with shame. SELAH. (46) How long, YAHWEH? Wilt THOU
hide thyself for ever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire? (47) Remember how short MY time is: wherefore hast THOU
made all men in vain? (48) What man is he that liveth, and shall not see
death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? SELAH. (49) My Sovereign ,
where are thy former
lovingkindnesses, which THOU swarest unto David in thy truth? (50) Remember, my Sovereign , the reproach of thy
servants; how I do bear in MY bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; (51) Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O YAHWEH;
wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. (52) Blessed be
YAHWEH
for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
(I) A Prayer of Moses the man of Elohim. My Sovereign , THOU hast been our dwelling place in all generations. (2) Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever THOU hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, THOU art El. (3) THOU turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. (4) For a thousand years in THY sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. (5) THOU carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. (6) In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. (7) For we are consumed by THINE anger, and by THY wrath are we troubled. (8) THOU hast set our iniquities before THEE, our secret sins in the light of THY countenance. (9) For all our days are passed away in THY wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. (10) The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly [faint] away. (11) Who knoweth the power of THINE anger? Even according to THY fear, so is THY wrath. (12) So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (13) Return, O YAHWEH, how long? And let it repent thee concerning THY servants. (14) O satisfy us early with THY mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. (15) Make us glad according to the days wherein THOU hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. (16) Let THY work appear unto THY servants, and THY glory unto their children. (17) And let the beauty of YAHWEH our Elohim be upon us: and establish THOU the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish THOU it.
(I) He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
(2) I will say of YAHWEH, HE is my refuge and my fortress: my Elohim; in HIM
will I trust. (3) Surely HE
shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (4) HE shall cover thee with HIS feathers, and under HIS wings shalt thou trust: HIS truth shall be thy shield and
buckler. (5) Thou shalt
not be afraid for the terror by night; nor
for the arrow that flieth by day;
(6) Nor for
the pestilence that walketh in
darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. (7) A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; but it
shall not come nigh thee. (8) Only with thine eyes shalt
thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. (9)
Because thou hast made YAHWEH, which
is my refuge, even the Most High,
thy habitation; (10) there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall
any plague come nigh thy dwelling. (11) For HE shall give HIS angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. (12) They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. (13) Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. (14) Because He hath set his love upon ME, therefore will I deliver him: I will
set him on high, because he hath
known MY name. (15) He shall call upon ME, and I will answer
him: I will be with him in trouble; I
will deliver him, and honour him. (16) With
long life will I satisfy Him, and
show him MY salvation.
(I) A Psalm or Song
for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto YAHWEH, and to sing praises unto THY name, O Most High: (2) To show forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night, (3) Upon an
instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn
sound. (4) For THOU,
YAHWEH,
hast made me glad through Thy work:
I will triumph in the works of Thy
hands. (5) O YAHWEH, how great are Thy works! And Thy thoughts are very deep. (6) A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool
understand this. (7) When the wicked spring as the grass, and when
all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it
is that they shall be destroyed for ever: (8)
but THOU, YAHWEH, art Most
High
for evermore. (9) For, lo, Thine
enemies, O YAHWEH,
for, lo, Thine enemies shall perish;
all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. (10)
But my horn shalt THOU exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil. (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. (12) The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (13) Those
that be planted in the House of YAHWEH shall flourish in the courts of our Elohim.
(14) They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
they shall be fat and flourishing; (15) to show
that YAHWEH
is upright: He is my Rock, and there
is no unrighteousness in Him.
(I) YAHWEH reigneth, HE is clothed with majesty; YAHWEH is clothed with strength, wherewith HE hath girded HIMSELF:
the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. (2) THY
throne is established of old: THOU art from everlasting. (3) The
floods have lifted up, O YAHWEH, the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their waves. (4) YAHWEH on
high is mightier than the noise of
many waters, yea, than the mighty
waves of the sea. (5) THY testimonies
are very sure: holiness becometh THINE
house, O YAHWEH,
for ever.
(I) O YAHWEH El, to whom vengeance belongeth; O El, to
whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. (2) Lift up
thyself, THOU judge of the earth:
render a reward to the proud. (3) YAHWEH, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked triumph? (4) How long shall they utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of iniquity boast
themselves? (5) They break in pieces thy people, O YAHWEH,
and afflict thine heritage. (6) They slay the widow and
the stranger, and murder the fatherless. (7) Yet they
say, YAH
shall not see, neither shall the Elohim of Jacob regard it. (8) Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? (9) He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He
that formed the eye, shall he not see? (10) He that
chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? (11) YAHWEH knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. (12) Blessed is
the man whom THOU chastenest, O YAH ,
and teachest him out of THY law; (13) That THOU
mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for
the wicked. (14) For YAHWEH will not cast off HIS people, neither will HE forsake HIS inheritance. (15) But judgment shall return unto righteousness:
and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (16)
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? (17) Unless YAHWEH had
been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. (18) When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O YAHWEH,
held me up. (19) In the multitude of my thoughts within me THY comforts delight my soul. (20) Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? (21) They
gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the
innocent blood. (22) But YAHWEH is my defence; and my Elohim is the rock of my refuge. (23) And he
shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own
wickedness; yea, YAHWEH our Elohim shall cut them off.
(I) O come, let us sing unto YAHWEH: let us make a joyful noise
to the rock of our salvation. (2) Let us come before his
presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. (3) For YAHWEH is a
great El,
and a great King above all elohim. (4) In his
hand are the deep places of the
earth: the strength of the hills is his
also. (5) The sea is
his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (6) O come, let us worship and bow down: let us
kneel before YAHWEH
our maker. (7) For he is our
Elohim;
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, (8) Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (9) When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw
my work. (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: (11)
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that
they should not enter into my rest.
(I) O sing unto YAHWEH a new song: sing unto YAHWEH, all the earth. (2) Sing unto YAHWEH, bless HIS name; show forth HIS
salvation from day to day. (3) Declare HIS glory among the heathen, HIS wonders among all people. (4) For YAHWEH is great,
and greatly to be praised: HE is to be feared above all elohim. (5) For all the elohim of the nations are idols: but YAHWEH made the heavens. (6) Honour and majesty are before HIM: strength
and beauty are in HIS sanctuary. (7) Give unto YAHWEH, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto YAHWEH
glory and strength. (8) Give unto YAHWEH the glory due unto HIS name: bring
an offering, and come into HIS
courts. (9) O worship YAHWEH in the beauty of holiness: fear before HIM, all the earth. (10) Say among the heathen that YAHWEH reigneth: the world also shall be established that it
shall not be moved: HE shall judge
the people righteously. (11) Let the heavens rejoice,
and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. (12) Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of
the wood rejoice (13) Before YAHWEH: for HE
cometh, for HE cometh to judge the
earth: HE shall judge the world with
righteousness, and the people with HIS
truth.
(I) YAHWEH reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the
multitude of isles be glad thereof. (2) Clouds and darkness are round about HIM:
righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of HIS throne. (3) A fire goeth before HIM, and burneth up HIS
enemies round about. (4) HIS lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. (5) The hills melted like wax at the presence of YAHWEH,
at the presence of the Sovereign of the whole earth. (6) The heavens declare HIS righteousness, and all the people see HIS glory. (7) Confounded be all they
that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship HIM, all ye elohim. (8) Zion heard, and was glad;
and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of THY judgments, O YAHWEH. (9) For THOU, YAHWEH, art high above all the earth: THOU
art exalted far above all elohim. (10) Ye that
love YAHWEH,
hate evil: HE preserveth the souls
of his saints; HE delivereth them
out of the hand of the wicked. (11) Light is sown for the
righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. (12) Rejoice in YAHWEH, ye righteous; and give thanks at the
remembrance of HIS holiness.
(I) A Psalm. O sing unto YAHWEH a new song; for He hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory. (2) YAHWEH hath made known His salvation: His
righteousness hath He openly showed
in the sight of the heathen. (3) He hath remembered His mercy and His truth toward the House of Israel: all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our Elohim.
(4) Make a joyful noise unto YAHWEH, all the earth: make a loud
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. (5) Sing unto
YAHWEH
with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. (6) With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful
noise before YAHWEH,
the King.
(7) Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the
world, and they that dwell therein. (8) Let the
floods clap their hands: let the
hills be joyful together (9) Before YAHWEH;
for He
cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall He judge the world, and the people
with equity.
(I) YAHWEH reigneth; let the people tremble: he
sitteth between the cherubims; let
the earth be moved. (2) YAHWEH is great
in Zion; and he is high above all the
people. (3) Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. (4) The king's strength also
loveth judgment; THOU dost establish
equity, THOU executest judgment and
righteousness in Jacob. (5) Exalt ye YAHWEH
our Elohim,
and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. (6)
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his
name; they called upon YAHWEH, and he answered them. (7) He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they
kept HIS testimonies, and the
ordinance that he gave them. (8) THOU
answeredst them, O YAHWEH our Elohim: THOU
wast a El
that forgavest them, though THOU
tookest vengeance of their inventions. (9) Exalt YAHWEH
our Elohim,
and worship at his holy hill; for YAHWEH our Elohim is holy.
(I) A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto YAHWEH,
all ye lands. (2) Serve YAHWEH with gladness: come before His
presence with singing. (3) Know ye that YAHWEH He
is Elohim: it is He that hath
made us, and not we ourselves; we are His
people, and the sheep of His pasture. (4)
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him,
and bless His name. (5) For YAHWEH is good;
His mercy is everlasting; and His
truth endureth to all generations.
(I) A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto
thee, O YAHWEH,
will I sing. (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. (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. (4) A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not
know a wicked person. (5) Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will
I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. (6) Mine eyes shall
be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that
walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. (7) He
that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall
not tarry in my sight. (8) I will early destroy all
the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of YAHWEH.
(I) A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and
poureth out his complaint before YAHWEH. Hear my prayer, O YAHWEH, and let my cry come unto
thee. (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. (3) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my
bones are burned as an hearth. (4) My heart is smitten, and
withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. (5) By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones
cleave to my skin. (6) I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like
an owl of the desert. (7) I watch, and am as a
sparrow alone upon the house top. (8) Mine
enemies reproach me all the day; and they
that are mad against me are sworn against me. (9)
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, (10) Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for THOU hast lifted me up, and cast me
down. (11) My days are
like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. (12) But THOU,
O YAHWEH,
shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. (13) THOU
shalt arise, and have mercy upon
Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. (14) For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
and favour the dust thereof. (15) So the heathen shall fear
the name of YAHWEH,
and all the kings of the earth thy glory. (16) When YAHWEH
shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. (17) He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and
not despise their prayer. (18) This shall be written for
the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise YAH. (19) For he hath looked down from the height of his
sanctuary; from heaven did YAHWEH behold the earth; (20) To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose
those that are appointed to death; (21) To
declare the name of YAHWEH in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; (22) When the people are gathered together, and the
kingdoms, to serve YAHWEH. (23) He
weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. (24) I said, O my El, take me not away in the midst
of my days: thy years are throughout
all generations. (25) Of old
hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of THY hands. (26) They shall perish, but
THOU shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture
shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: (27) But THOU art the same, and THY years shall have
no end. (28) The children of thy servants shall continue, and
their seed shall be established before thee.
(I) A Psalm of David.
Bless YAHWEH,
O my soul: and all that is within me, bless
his holy name. (2) Bless YAHWEH, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits: (3) Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth
all thy diseases; (4) Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who
crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; (5) Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed
like the eagle's. (6) YAHWEH executeth righteousness and judgment for
all that are oppressed. (7) He made known his ways
unto Moses, his acts unto the Children of Israel. (8) YAHWEH is merciful
and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (9) He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. (10) He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities. (11) For as
the heaven is high above the earth, so great
is his mercy toward them that fear him. (12) As far
as the east is from the west, so far
hath he removed our transgressions from us. (13) Like as
a father pitieth his children, so YAHWEH pitieth them that fear him. (14) For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we
are dust. (15) As for man,
his days are as grass: as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth. (16) For the wind passeth over
it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. (17) But the mercy of YAHWEH is from everlasting to everlasting upon them
that fear him, and HIS righteousness
unto children's children; (18) To such as keep HIS covenant, and to those that remember HIS Commandments to do them. (19) YAHWEH
hath prepared HIS throne in the
heavens; and HIS kingdom ruleth over
all. (20) Bless YAHWEH, ye HIS
angels, that excel in strength, that do HIS
Commandments, hearkening unto the voice of HIS word. (21) Bless ye YAHWEH,
all ye HIS hosts; ye ministers
of HIS, that do HIS pleasure. (22) Bless YAHWEH,
all HIS works in all places of HIS dominion: bless YAHWEH,
O my soul.
(I) Bless YAHWEH, O my soul. O YAHWEH my Elohim, THOU art very great; THOU
art clothed with honour and majesty. (2) Who
coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the
heavens like a curtain: (3) Who layeth the beams of
his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon
the wings of the wind: (4) Who maketh his angels
spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: (5) Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. (6) THOU
coveredst it with the deep as with a
garment: the waters stood above the mountains. (7) At
thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. (8) They go up by the mountains; they go down by the
valleys unto the place which THOU
hast founded for them. (9) THOU hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn
not again to cover the earth. (10) He sendeth the springs
into the valleys, which run among the
hills. (11) They give drink to every beast of the field: the
wild asses quench their thirst. (12) By them
shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. (13) He
watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of
thy works. (14) He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and
herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; (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. (16) The trees of YAHWEH are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he
hath planted; (17) where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. (18) The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. (19) He
appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. (20) THOU
makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep
forth. (21)
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from El. (22) The sun ariseth, they gather themselves
together, and lay them down in their dens. (23) Man
goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. (24) O YAHWEH, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom
hast THOU made them all: the earth
is full of thy riches. (25) So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. (26) There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom
THOU hast made to play therein. (27) These wait all upon thee; that THOU mayest give them their meat in due season. (28) That THOU givest them they gather: THOU
openest thine hand, they are filled with good. (29) THOU hidest thy face, they are troubled:
THOU takest away their breath, they
die, and return to their dust. (30) THOU sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and THOU renewest the face of the earth. (31) The glory of YAHWEH shall endure for ever: YAHWEH
shall rejoice in his works. (32) He looketh on the earth,
and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. (33) I will sing unto YAHWEH as long as I live: I will
sing praise to my Elohim while I have my being. (34) My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be
glad in YAHWEH.
(35) Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth,
and let the wicked be no more. Bless THOU
YAHWEH,
O my soul. Praise ye YAH.
(I) O give thanks unto YAH ; call upon HIS name: make known HIS
deeds among the people. (2) Sing unto HIM, sing psalms unto HIM: talk ye of all HIS wondrous works. (3) Glory ye in HIS
holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek YAH. (4)
Seek YAH,
and HIS strength: seek his face evermore. (5) Remember HIS
marvellous works that HE hath done; HIS wonders, and the judgments of HIS mouth; (6) O ye seed of Abraham HIS servant, ye children of Jacob HIS chosen. (7) HE is YAH our
Elohim:
HIS judgments are in all the earth. (8) He hath
remembered his covenant for ever, the word which
he commanded to a thousand generations. (9) Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his
oath unto Isaac; (10) And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: (11) Saying,
Unto thee will I give the land of
Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: (12) When
they were but a few men in number;
yea, very few, and strangers in it. (13) When
they went from one nation to another, from one
kingdom to another people; (14) He suffered no man to do
them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; (15) Saying, Touch
not MINE anointed, and do my
prophets no harm. (16) Moreover he called for a famine upon the land:
he brake the whole staff of bread. (17) He sent
a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: (18) Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid
in iron: (19) Until the time that his word came: the word of YAH tried
him. (20) The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let
him go free. (21) He made him sovereign of his house, and ruler of
all his substance: (22) to bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach
his senators wisdom. (23) Israel also came into
Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. (24)
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
(25) He turned their heart to hate his people, to
deal subtly with his servants. (26) He sent Moses his
servant; and Aaron whom he had
chosen. (27) They showed his signs among them, and wonders in
the land of Ham. (28) He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they
rebelled not against his word. (29) He turned their waters
into blood, and slew their fish. (30) Their
land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. (31) He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. (32) He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. (33) He smote
their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. (34) He spake, and the locusts came, and
caterpillars, and that without number, (35) And did
eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. (36) He smote also all the firstborn in their land,
the chief of all their strength. (37) He
brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person
among their tribes. (38) Egypt was glad when they
departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. (39)
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. (40) The people
asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. (41) He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out;
they ran in the dry places like a
river. (42) For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. (43) And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: (44) And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they
inherited the labour of the people; (45) That
they might observe HIS statutes, and
keep HIS laws. Praise ye YAH.
(I) Praise ye YAH. O give thanks unto YAHWEH; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever. (2) Who can utter the mighty acts of YAHWEH?
Who can show forth all his praise? (3) Blessed are
they that keep judgment, and he
that doeth righteousness at all times. (4) Remember
me, O YAHWEH,
with the favour that THOU bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; (5) That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I
may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine
inheritance. (6) We have sinned with our fathers, we have
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. (7) Our
fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude
of thy mercies; but provoked him at
the sea, even at the Red Sea. (8) Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make his mighty power to be known. (9) He
rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the
depths, as through the wilderness. (10) And he
saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. (11) And the waters covered their enemies: there was
not one of them left. (12) Then believed they his
words; they sang his praise. (13) They soon forgat his
works; they waited not for his counsel: (14) but
lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted El in the desert. (15) And he gave them their request; but sent
leanness into their soul. (16) They envied Moses also in
the camp, and Aaron the saint of YAHWEH.
(17) The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and
covered the company of Abiram. (18) And a fire was kindled in
their company; the flame burned up the wicked. (19)
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. (20) Thus they changed their glory into the
similitude of an ox that eateth grass. (21) They
forgat El
their Saviour,
which had done great things in Egypt; (22) Wondrous
works in the land of Ham, and terrible
things by the Red Sea. (23) Therefore he said that he
would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to
turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
(24) Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they
believed not his word: (25) but murmured in their
tents, and hearkened not unto the
voice of YAHWEH.
(26) Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to
overthrow them in the wilderness: (27) to
overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. (28) They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and
ate the sacrifices of the dead. (29) Thus
they provoked him to anger with their
inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. (30)
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. (31) And that
was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. (32) They angered him
also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their
sakes: (33) Because they provoked his spirit, so that he
spake unadvisedly with his lips. (34) They did
not destroy the nations, concerning whom YAHWEH commanded them: (35) But were mingled among the heathen, and learned
their works. (36) And they served their idols: which were a snare
unto them. (37) Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their
daughters unto devils, (38) And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of
their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land
was polluted with blood. (39) Thus were they defiled
with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. (40) Therefore was the wrath of YAHWEH kindled against his people,
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. (41)
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled
over them. (42) Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were
brought into subjection under their hand. (43) Many
times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. (44) Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when
he heard their cry: (45) and he remembered for them his covenant, and
repented according to the multitude of his mercies. (46) He made them also to be pitied of all those that
carried them captives. (47) Save us, O YAHWEH
our Elohim,
and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. (48) Blessed be
YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel from everlasting to
everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye YAH.
(I) O give thanks unto YAHWEH, for he
is good: for his mercy endureth for
ever. (2) Let the redeemed of YAHWEH say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; (3) And gathered them out of the lands, from the
east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. (4) They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary
way; they found no city to dwell in. (5) Hungry
and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. (6) Then they
cried unto YAHWEH
in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses. (7) And he led them forth by the
right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. (8) Oh that men
would praise YAHWEH for His
goodness, and for His
wonderful works to the children of men! (9) For He
satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. (10) Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, being bound in affliction and
iron; (11) Because they rebelled against the words of El, and
contemned the counsel of the most High: (12)
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. (13) Then they cried unto YAHWEH in their trouble, and he saved them out of their
distresses. (14) He brought them out of darkness and the shadow
of death, and brake their bands in sunder. (15) Oh that men would praise YAHWEH for His goodness, and for
His wonderful works to the children of men! (16) For He hath broken the gates of brass,
and cut the bars of iron in sunder. (17) Fools
because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
(18) Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and
they draw near unto the gates of death. (19) Then
they cry unto YAHWEH
in their trouble, and he saveth them
out of their distresses. (20) He sent his word, and
healed them, and delivered them from
their destructions. (21) Oh that men
would praise YAHWEH for His
goodness, and for His
wonderful works to the children of men! (22) And let
them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works
with rejoicing. (23) They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters; (24) these see the works of YAHWEH,
and his wonders in the deep. (25) For he commandeth, and
raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. (26) They mount up to the heaven, they go down again
to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. (27) They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
man, and are at their wit's end. (28) Then
they cry unto YAHWEH
in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. (29) He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves
thereof are still. (30) Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he
bringeth them unto their desired haven. (31) Oh that men would praise YAHWEH for His goodness, and for
His wonderful works to the children of men! (32) Let them exalt Him also in the congregation
of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the elders. (33) He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the
watersprings into dry ground; (34) A fruitful land into
barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. (35) He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,
and dry ground into watersprings. (36) And
there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for
habitation; (37) And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which
may yield fruits of increase. (38) He blesseth them also, so
that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. (39) Again, they are minished and brought low through
oppression, affliction, and sorrow. (40) He
poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. (41) Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
and maketh him families like a flock.
(42) The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. (43) Whoso is wise,
and will observe these things, even
they shall understand the lovingkindness of YAHWEH.
(I) A Song or Psalm of
David. O Elohim, my heart is fixed; I
will sing and give praise, even with my glory. (2)
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will
awake early. (3) I will praise thee, O YAHWEH, among the people: and I
will sing praises unto thee among the nations. (4)
For thy mercy is great above the
heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto
the clouds. (5) Be THOU
exalted, O Elohim, above the heavens: and
thy glory above all the earth; (6) That thy beloved may be
delivered: save with thy right hand,
and answer me. (7) Elohim
hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth. (8) Gilead is MINE;
Manasseh is MINE; Ephraim also is the
strength of MINE head; Judah is MY
lawgiver; (9) Moab is MY washpot; over Edom will I cast out MY shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
(10) Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will
lead me into Edom? (11) Wilt not
THOU, O Elohim, who hast cast us off? And wilt not THOU, O Elohim,
go forth with our hosts? (12) Give us help from
trouble: for vain is the help of man.
(13) Through Elohim we
shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall
tread down our enemies.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace,
O Elohim
of my praise; (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. (3) They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
and fought against me without a cause. (4) For my
love they are my adversaries: but I give
myself unto prayer. (5) And they have rewarded me
evil for good, and hatred for my love. (6) Set THOU a wicked man over him: and let
Satan stand at his right hand. (7) When he shall be judged,
let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. (8) Let his days be few; and let another take his office. (9)
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. (10) Let his children be continually vagabonds, and
beg: let them seek their bread also
out of their desolate places. (11) Let the extortioner catch
all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. (12) Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:
neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. (13) Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let
their name be blotted out. (14) Let the iniquity of his
fathers be remembered with YAHWEH; and let not the sin of his mother be
blotted out. (15) Let them be before YAHWEH continually, that he may cut
off the memory of them from the earth. (16) Because
that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man,
that he might even slay the broken in heart. (17)
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing,
so let it be far from him. (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. (19) Let it
be unto him as the garment which covereth
him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. (20) Let this
be the reward of mine adversaries
from YAHWEH,
and of them that speak evil against my soul. (21)
But do THOU for me, O YAHWEH
my Sovereign,
for THY name’s sake: because thy
mercy is good, deliver THOU me. (22)
For I am poor and needy, and my heart
is wounded within me. (23) I am gone like the shadow
when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. (24) My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh
faileth of fatness. (25) I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked
their heads. (26) Help me, O YAHWEH my Elohim: O save me according to thy mercy: (27) That they may know that this is thy hand; that THOU, YAHWEH,
hast done it. (28) Let them curse, but bless THOU: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant
rejoice. (29) Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and
let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. (30) I will greatly praise YAHWEH with my mouth; yea, I will
praise him among the multitude. (31) For he
shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
(I) A Psalm of David. YAHWEH said unto my Sovereign, Sit Thou at MY right hand, until I make
Thine enemies Thy footstool. (2) YAHWEH shall send the rod of Thy strength out of Zion: rule
Thou in the midst of Thine enemies.
(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. (4) YAHWEH hath sworn, and will not
repent, Thou art a Priest for ever
after the order of Melchizedek. (5) My Sovereign
at THY right hand shall strike through kings in the day of His wrath. (6) He shall judge among the heathen, He shall fill the places with
the dead bodies; He shall wound the
heads over many countries. (7) He shall
drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall He lift up the head.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Blessed is
the man that feareth YAHWEH,
that delighteth greatly in HIS Commandments. (2) His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the
generation of the upright shall be blessed. (3) Wealth
and riches shall be in his house: and
his righteousness endureth for ever. (4) Unto the
upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. (5) A good man showeth favour, and lendeth: he will
guide his affairs with discretion. (6) Surely he
shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
(7) He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his
heart is fixed, trusting in YAHWEH. (8) His heart
is established, he shall not be
afraid, until he see his desire upon
his enemies. (9) He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;
his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. (10) The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away:
the desire of the wicked shall perish.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Praise, O ye servants of YAHWEH,
praise the name of YAHWEH. (2) Blessed
be the name of YAHWEH
from this time forth and for evermore. (3) From the
rising of the sun unto the going down of the same YAHWEH’S name is to be praised. (4) YAHWEH is high above all nations, and HIS glory above the heavens. (5) Who is like
unto YAHWEH
our Elohim,
WHO dwelleth on high, (6) Who humbleth himself
to behold the things that are in
heaven, and in the earth! (7) HE raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; (8) that HE
may set him with princes, even with the princes of HIS people. (9) HE
maketh the barren woman to keep house, and
to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye YAH.
(I) When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a
people of strange language; (2) Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. (3) The sea saw it,
and fled: Jordan was driven back. (4) The
mountains skipped like rams, and the
little hills like lambs. (5) What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? (6) Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and
ye little hills, like lambs? (7) Tremble,
thou earth, at the presence of the Sovereign, at the presence of the ELOAH [or Elowahh] of Jacob; (8) which
turned the rock into a standing
water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
(I) Not unto us, O YAHWEH, not unto us, but unto THY name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. (2) Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their Elohim? (3) But our Elohim is in
the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. (4) Their idols are
silver and gold, the work of men's hands. (5)
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: (6) They have ears, but they hear not: noses have
they, but they smell not: (7) They have hands, but they
handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their
throat. (8) They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. (9) O Israel, trust thou in YAHWEH: he is their help and their shield. (10) O house
of Aaron, trust in YAHWEH: he is
their help and their shield. (11) Ye that
fear YAHWEH,
trust in YAHWEH:
he is their help and their shield. (12) YAHWEH hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the House of Israel;
he will bless the house of Aaron. (13) He will
bless them that fear YAHWEH, both
small and great. (14) YAHWEH shall increase you more and
more, you and your children. (15) Ye are blessed of YAHWEH which made heaven and earth. (16) The heaven, even
the heavens, are YAHWEH’S:
but the earth hath he given to the children of men. (17) The dead praise not YAH , neither any that go down into
silence. (18) But we will bless YAH from this time forth and for
evermore. Praise YAH.
(I) I love YAHWEH, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. (2) Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
therefore will I call upon him as
long as I live. (3) The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains
of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. (4) Then called I upon the name of YAHWEH;
O YAHWEH,
I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (5) Gracious is YAHWEH, and righteous; yea, our Elohim is merciful. (6) YAHWEH preserveth the simple: I was brought low,
and he helped me. (7) Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for YAHWEH
hath dealt bountifully with thee. (8) For THOU hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears, and my feet
from falling. (9) I will walk before YAHWEH in the land of the living. (10) I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was
greatly afflicted: (11) I said in my haste, All men are liars. (12) What shall I render unto YAHWEH for all his benefits toward me? (13) I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon
the name of YAHWEH.
(14) I will pay my vows unto YAHWEH now in the presence of all
his people. (15) Precious in the sight of YAHWEH is the death of his saints. (16) O YAHWEH,
truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: THOU
hast loosed my bonds. (17) I will offer to thee the
sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of YAHWEH. (18) I will pay my vows unto YAHWEH now in the presence of all
his people, (19) in the courts of YAHWEH’S house, in the midst of
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye YAHWEH.
(I) O Praise YAHWEH, all ye nations: praise him, all ye
people. (2) For his merciful kindness is great toward us:
and the truth of YAHWEH endureth for
ever. Praise ye YAH.
(I) O give thanks unto YAHWEH; for HE is good: because HIS
mercy endureth for ever. (2) Let Israel now say, that HIS mercy endureth for
ever. (3) Let the house of Aaron now say, that HIS mercy endureth for ever. (4) Let them now that fear YAHWEH
say, that HIS mercy endureth for ever. (5) I called
upon YAH
in distress: YAH answered Me, and set Me in a large place. (6) YAHWEH is on
My side; I will not fear: what can
man do unto Me? (7) YAHWEH taketh My part with them that help Me:
therefore shall I see My desire upon them that hate Me.
(8) It is better
to trust in YAHWEH
than to put confidence in man. (9) It is better to trust in YAHWEH than to put confidence in princes. (10) All nations compassed Me about: but in the name of YAHWEH will I
destroy them. (11) They compassed Me about; yea, they compassed Me
about: but in the name of YAHWEH I will
destroy them. (12) They compassed Me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in
the name of YAHWEH
I will destroy them. (13) THOU hast thrust sore at Me that I might fall:
but YAHWEH
helped Me. (14) YAH
is My strength and song, and is become My salvation. (15) The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the Right Hand of YAHWEH
doeth valiantly. (16) The Right Hand of YAHWEH is exalted:
the Right Hand of YAHWEH doeth valiantly. (17) I shall
not die, but live, and declare the works of YAH. (18) YAH hath
chastened Me sore: but HE hath not given Me over unto death. (19) Open to Me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise YAH: (20) This Gate
of YAHWEH, into which the righteous shall
enter. (21) I will
praise THEE: for THOU hast heard Me, and art become My salvation.
(22) The stone
which the builders refused is become
the Head Stone of the corner. (23) This is YAHWEH’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. (24) This is
the day which YAHWEH hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in
it. (25) Save now, I beseech thee, O YAHWEH: O YAHWEH,
I beseech THEE, send now prosperity. (26) Blessed be
He that cometh in the name of YAHWEH:
we have blessed You out of the house
of YAHWEH.
(27) El is YAHWEH, which hath showed us light: bind the
sacrifice with cords, even unto the
horns of the altar. (28) Thou art my El,
and I will praise thee: THOU
art My Elohim, I will exalt THEE. (29) O give thanks unto YAHWEH;
for HE is good: for HIS mercy endureth for
ever.
(I) ALEPH. Blessed are the
undefiled in the way, who walk in the Law
of YAHWEH. (2)
Blessed are they that keep HIS testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. (3) They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
(4) THOU
hast commanded us to keep thy
precepts diligently. (5) O that my ways were
directed to keep THY statutes! (6) Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect
unto all THY Commandments. (7) I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,
when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. (8) I will keep THY
statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
(9) BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his
way? By taking heed thereto according
to thy word. (10) With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me
not wander from THY Commandments. (11) Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
not sin against thee. (12) Blessed art THOU,
O YAHWEH:
teach me THY statutes. (13) With my lips have I declared all the judgments
of thy mouth. (14) I have rejoiced in the way of THY testimonies, as much as in all riches. (15) I will meditate in thy precepts, and have
respect unto thy ways. (16) I will delight myself in THY statutes: I will not forget thy
word.
(17) GIMEL.
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I
may live, and keep thy word. (18) Open THOU mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. (19) I am a
stranger in the earth: hide not THY
Commandments from me. (20) My soul breaketh for the
longing that it hath unto THY judgments at all times. (21) THOU
hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
which do err from THY Commandments. (22) Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have
kept THY testimonies. (23) Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy
servant did meditate in THY statutes.
(24) THY
testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
(25) DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken THOU me according to thy word. (26) I have declared my ways, and THOU heardest me: teach me THY statutes. (27) Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. (28) My soul
melteth for heaviness: strengthen THOU
me according unto thy word. (29) Remove from me the way of
lying: and grant me thy law graciously. (30) I have
chosen the way of truth: THY judgments
have I laid before me. (31) I have stuck unto THY testimonies: O YAHWEH, put me not to shame. (32) I will run the way of THY Commandments, when THOU
shalt enlarge my heart. (33) HE. Teach me, O YAHWEH,
the way of THY statutes; and I shall
keep it unto the end. (34) Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
yea, I shall observe it with my whole
heart. (35) Make me to go in the path of THY Commandments; for therein do I
delight. (36) Incline my heart unto THY testimonies, and not to covetousness. (37) Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken THOU me in thy way. (38) Stablish
thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted
to thy fear. (39) Turn away my reproach which I fear: for THY judgments are good. (40) Behold, I have longed
after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
(41) VAU. Let
thy mercies come also unto me, O YAHWEH, even
thy salvation, according to thy word. (42) So shall
I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. (43) And take not the word of truth utterly out of my
mouth; for I have hoped in THY judgments.
(44) So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and
ever. (45) And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy
precepts. (46) I will speak of THY testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. (47) And I will delight myself in THY Commandments, which I have loved. (48) My hands also will I lift up unto THY Commandments, which I have loved;
and I will meditate in THY statutes.
(49) ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon
which THOU hast caused me to hope. (50) This is my
comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. (51) The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. (52) I remembered THY judgments of old, O YAHWEH; and have comforted myself. (53) Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the
wicked that forsake thy law. (54) THY statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. (55) I have remembered THY name, O YAHWEH, in the night, and have kept thy law. (56) This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
(57) CHETH. THOU art my portion, O YAHWEH: I have said that I would keep thy words. (58) I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. (59) I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto THY testimonies. (60) I made haste, and delayed not to keep THY Commandments. (61) The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. (62) At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
because of thy righteous judgments. (63) I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that
keep thy precepts. (64) The earth, O YAHWEH, is full of thy mercy: teach
me THY statutes.
(65) TETH. THOU
hast dealt well with thy servant, O YAHWEH, according unto thy word. (66) Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have
believed THY Commandments. (67) Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now
have I kept thy word. (68) THOU art good, and doest
good; teach me THY statutes. (69) The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. (70) Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. (71) It is good
for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn THY statutes. (72) The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold
and silver.
(73) YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:
give me understanding, that I may learn THY
Commandments. (74) They that fear thee will be glad when they see
me; because I have hoped in thy word. (75) I know,
O YAHWEH,
that THY judgments are right, and that THOU in
faithfulness hast afflicted me. (76) Let, I
pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto
thy servant. (77) Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may
live: for thy law is my delight. (78) Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt
perversely with me without a cause: but I
will meditate in thy precepts. (79) Let those that fear thee
turn unto me, and those that have known THY
testimonies. (80) Let my heart be sound in THY statutes; that I be not ashamed.
(81) CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. (82) Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt THOU comfort me? (83) For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget THY statutes. (84) How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt THOU execute judgment on them that
persecute me? (85) The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. (86) All THY
Commandments are faithful: they
persecute me wrongfully; help THOU
me. (87) They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I
forsook not thy precepts. (88) Quicken me after thy
lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
(89) LAMED.
For ever, O YAHWEH,
THY word is settled in Heaven. (90) THY faithfulness is unto all generations: THOU
hast established the earth, and it abideth. (91) They
continue this day according to THINE
ordinances: for all are THY servants. (92) Unless THY
law had been my delights, I should
then have perished in mine affliction. (93) I will
never forget THY precepts: for with
them THOU hast quickened me. (94) I am THINE, save me; for I have sought THY precepts. (95) The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider THY testimonies. (96) I have seen an end of all
perfection: but THY commandment is exceeding
broad.
(97) MEM. O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. (98) THOU
through THY Commandments hast made
me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever
with me. (99) I have more understanding than all my teachers:
for THY testimonies are my meditation. (100) I understand more than the ancients, because I
keep thy precepts. (101) I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
that I might keep thy word. (102) I have not departed from
THY judgments: for THOU hast taught me. (103) How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (104) Through thy precepts I get understanding:
therefore I hate every false way.
(105) NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (106) I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous
judgments. (107) I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O YAHWEH,
according unto thy word. (108) Accept, I beseech thee,
the freewill offerings of my mouth, O YAHWEH, and teach me THY judgments. (109) My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not
forget thy law. (110) The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred
not from thy precepts. (111) THY testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. (112) I have inclined mine heart to perform THY statutes alway, even unto the end.
(113) SAMECH.
I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do
I love. (114) THOU art my hiding place and my shield: I
hope in thy word. (115) Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep
the commandments of my Elohim. (116) Uphold
me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my
hope. (117) Hold THOU
me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto THY statutes continually. (118) THOU hast trodden down all them that
err from THY statutes: for their
deceit is falsehood. (119) THOU
puttest away all the wicked of the earth like
dross: therefore I love THY
testimonies. (120) My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am
afraid of THY judgments.
(121) AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me
not to mine oppressors. (122) Be surety for thy
servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. (123)
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. (124) Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy,
and teach me THY statutes. (125) I am thy
servant; give me understanding, that I may know THY testimonies. (126) It is time for thee, YAHWEH,
to work: for they have made void thy
law. (127) Therefore I love THY Commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. (128) Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all
things to be right; and I hate every false way.
(129) PE. THY
testimonies are wonderful:
therefore doth my soul keep them. (130) The
entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. (131) I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for THY Commandments. (132) Look THOU
upon me, and be merciful unto me, as THOU
usest to do unto those that love THY
name. (133) Order my steps in thy word: and let not any
iniquity have dominion over me. (134) Deliver
me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. (135) Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and
teach me THY statutes. (136) Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because
they keep not thy law.
(137) TZADDI. Righteous art THOU, O YAHWEH,
and upright are THY judgments. (138) THY testimonies that THOU hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. (139) My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies
have forgotten thy words. (140) Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant
loveth it. (141) I am small
and despised: yet do not I forget thy
precepts. (142) Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. (143) Trouble and anguish have
taken hold on me: yet THY Commandments are my delights. (144) The righteousness of THY testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
(145) KOPH. I
cried with my whole heart; hear me, O
YAHWEH:
I will keep THY statutes. (146) I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep THY testimonies. (147) I prevented the dawning of the morning, and
cried: I hoped in thy word. (148) Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in
thy word. (149) Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:
O YAHWEH,
quicken me according to thy judgment. (150) They
draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. (151) THOU art near, O YAHWEH; and all THY Commandments are truth. (152) Concerning THY testimonies, I have known of old
that THOU hast founded them for
ever.
(153) RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me:
for I do not forget thy law. (154) Plead my cause, and
deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. (155)
Salvation is far from the wicked: for
they seek not THY statutes. (156) Great are thy
tender mercies, O YAHWEH: quicken me according to THY judgments. (157) Many are my
persecutors and mine enemies; yet do
I not decline from THY testimonies. (158) I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
because they kept not thy word. (159)
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O YAHWEH, according to thy
lovingkindness. (160) Thy word is
true from the beginning: and
every one of thy righteous judgments endureth
for ever.
(161) SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a
cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. (162)
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. (163) I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. (164) Seven
times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. (165) Great peace have they which love thy law: and
nothing shall offend them. (166) YAHWEH, I have hoped for thy
salvation, and done THY Commandments.
(167) My soul hath kept THY testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. (168) I have kept thy precepts and THY testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
(169) TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O YAHWEH:
give me understanding according to thy word. (170)
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. (171) My lips shall utter praise, when THOU hast taught me THY statutes. (172) My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all THY Commandments are righteousness. (173) Let thine hand help me;
for I have chosen thy precepts. (174) I have
longed for thy salvation, O YAHWEH; and thy law is my delight. (175) Let my soul live, and it
shall praise thee; and let THY judgments
help me. (176) I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy
servant; for I do not forget THY
Commandments.
(I) A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto YAHWEH,
and he heard me. (2) Deliver my soul, O YAHWEH, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. (3) What shall be given unto thee? Or what shall be
done unto thee, thou false tongue? (4) Sharp
arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. (5)
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that
I dwell in the tents of Kedar! (6) My soul
hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. (7) I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
(I) A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence cometh my help. (2) My help cometh from YAHWEH, which made heaven and
earth. (3) He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that
keepeth thee will not slumber. (4) Behold, he that keepeth
Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (5) YAHWEH is thy keeper: YAHWEH is thy shade upon thy right hand. (6)
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (7) YAHWEH shall preserve thee from all evil: he
shall preserve thy soul. (8) YAHWEH shall preserve thy going out
and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
A Song of degrees of
David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of YAHWEH.
(2) Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O
Jerusalem. (3) Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact
together: (4) Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of YAH ,
unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of YAHWEH.
(5) For there are set thrones of judgment, the
thrones of the house of David. (6) Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. (7)
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity
within thy palaces. (8) For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will
now say, Peace be within thee. (9) Because of the house of YAHWEH our Elohim I will seek thy good.
(I) A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O THOU that dwellest in the heavens. (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
YAHWEH
our Elohim,
until that HE have mercy upon us. (3) Have mercy upon us, O YAHWEH, have mercy upon us: for we
are exceedingly filled with contempt. (4) Our soul
is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
(I) A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been YAHWEH who was on our side, now may Israel say; (2) If it had
not been YAHWEH
who was on our side, when men rose up against us: (3) Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their
wrath was kindled against us: (4) Then the waters had
overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: (5) Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. (6) Blessed be
YAHWEH,
who hath not given us as a prey to
their teeth. (7) Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare
of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. (8) Our help is
in the name of YAHWEH, who made heaven and earth.
(I) A Song of degrees. They that trust in YAHWEH shall be as mount Zion, which
cannot be removed, but abideth
for ever. (2) As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so YAHWEH is round
about his people from henceforth even for ever. (3)
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest
the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. (4) Do good, O YAHWEH, unto those
that be good, and to them that are upright
in their hearts. (5) As for such as turn aside unto their crooked
ways, YAHWEH
shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon
Israel.
(I) A Song of degrees. When YAHWEH turned again the captivity of Zion, we
were like them that dream. (2) Then was our mouth filled
with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, YAHWEH
hath done great things for them. (3) YAHWEH
hath done great things for us; whereof we
are glad. (4) Turn again our captivity, O YAHWEH, as the streams in the
south. (5) They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. (6) He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
(I) A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except YAHWEH build the house, they labour
in vain that build it: except YAHWEH keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (2) It is vain
for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. (3) Lo, children are
an heritage of YAHWEH: and
the fruit of the womb is his reward.
(4) As arrows are
in the hand of a mighty man; so are children
of the youth. (5) Happy is the
man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they
shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
(I) A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth YAHWEH; that walketh in his ways. (2) For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well
with thee. (3) Thy wife shall
be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive
plants round about thy table. (4) Behold, that thus shall
the man be blessed that feareth YAHWEH. (5) YAHWEH
shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the
days of thy life. (6) Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
(I) A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from
my youth, may Israel now say: (2) Many a time have they
afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. (3) The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long
their furrows. (4) YAHWEH is righteous:
he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. (5)
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. (6) Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: (7) Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he
that bindeth sheaves his bosom. (8) Neither
do they which go by say, The blessing of YAHWEH be upon
you: we bless you in the name of YAHWEH.
(I) A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee,
O YAHWEH.
(2) My Sovereign , hear my voice: let thine ears be
attentive to the voice of my supplications. (3) If THOU, YAH , shouldest mark iniquities, O
my Sovereign
, who shall stand? (4) But there is forgiveness with thee, that THOU mayest be feared. (5) I wait
for YAHWEH,
my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. (6) My
soul waiteth for my Sovereign more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the
morning. (7) Let Israel hope in YAHWEH: for with YAHWEH there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. (8) And he shall redeem Israel from all his
iniquities.
(I) A Song of degrees of David. YAHWEH, my heart is not haughty,
nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in
things too high for me. (2) Surely I have behaved and
quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. (3) Let Israel hope in YAHWEH from henceforth and for
ever.
(I) A Song of degrees. YAHWEH, remember David, and all his afflictions: (2) How he
sware unto YAHWEH,
and vowed unto the mighty Elohim of
Jacob; (3) Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of My
house, nor go up into my bed; (4) I will not give sleep to
mine eyes, or slumber to mine
eyelids, (5) Until I find out a place for YAHWEH,
an habitation for the mighty Elohim of Jacob. (6)
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. (7) We will go into HIS tabernacles: we will worship at HIS footstool. (8) Arise, O YAHWEH,
into THY rest; THOU, and the ark of THY
strength. (9) Let THY
priests be clothed with righteousness; and let THY Saints shout for joy. (10) For THY servant David's sake turn not away
the face of THINE anointed. (11) YAHWEH hath sworn in truth unto David; HE
will not turn from it; of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. (12) If thy
children will keep MY Covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne
for evermore. (13) For YAHWEH hath chosen Zion; HE hath desired it for HIS habitation. (14) This is MY rest for ever:
here will I dwell; for I have desired it. (15) I
will abundantly bless her provision: I
will satisfy her poor with bread. (16) I will also clothe her priests with
salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. (17) There will I
make the horn of David to bud: I have
ordained a lamp for MINE anointed. (18) His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
(I) A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how
pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell
together in unity! (2) 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; (3) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for there YAHWEH commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
(I) A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye YAHWEH, all ye servants of YAHWEH, which by night stand in the House of YAHWEH.
(2) Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless YAHWEH. (3) YAHWEH
that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Praise ye the name of YAHWEH; praise Him, O ye servants of YAHWEH. (2) Ye that
stand in the House of YAHWEH, in the courts of the House of our Elohim,
(3) Praise YAH ; for YAHWEH is good:
sing praises unto His name; for it is pleasant.
(4) For YAH hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for HIS peculiar treasure. (5) For I know that YAHWEH is great, and that our Sovereign
is above all elohim. (6) Whatsoever YAHWEH pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep
places. (7) He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends
of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of HIS treasuries. (8) Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man
and beast. (9) Who sent
tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all
his servants. (10) Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; (11) Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of
Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: (12) And gave
their land for an heritage, an
heritage unto Israel his people. (13) THY name, O YAHWEH, endureth for ever; and thy
memorial, O YAHWEH,
throughout all generations. (14) For YAHWEH will judge his people, and
he will repent himself concerning his servants. (15)
The idols of the heathen are silver
and gold, the work of men's hands. (16) They
have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; (17) they have ears, but they hear not; neither is
there any breath in their mouths. (18) They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. (19) Bless YAHWEH, O House of Israel: bless YAHWEH,
O house of Aaron: (20) Bless YAHWEH, O house of Levi: ye that fear YAHWEH,
bless YAHWEH.
(21) Blessed be YAHWEH out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Praise ye YAH.
(I) O give thanks unto YAHWEH; for He is good: for His
mercy endureth for ever. (2) O give thanks unto the Elohim of elohim: for His
mercy endureth for ever. (3) O give thanks to the Sovereign of sovereigns: for His
mercy endureth for ever. (4) To Him who alone doeth great wonders: for
His mercy endureth for ever.
(5) To Him that by wisdom made the heavens: for
His mercy endureth for ever.
(6) To Him that stretched out the earth above
the waters: for His mercy endureth
for ever. (7) To Him that made great lights: for His
mercy endureth for ever: (8) The sun to rule by day: for His mercy endureth for ever: (9) The moon and stars to rule by night: for His
mercy endureth for ever. (10) To Him that smote Egypt in their firstborn:
for His mercy endureth for
ever: (11) And brought out Israel from among them: for His
mercy endureth for ever: (12) With a strong hand, and with a stretched out
arm: for His mercy endureth for
ever. (13) To Him which divided the Red Sea into
parts: for His mercy endureth for
ever: (14) And made Israel to pass through the midst of it:
for His mercy endureth for
ever: (15) But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red
Sea: for His mercy endureth for
ever. (16) To Him which led his people through the
wilderness: for His mercy endureth
for ever. (17) To Him which smote great kings: for His
mercy endureth for ever: (18) And slew famous kings: for His mercy endureth for ever: (19) Sihon king of the Amorites: for His
mercy endureth for ever: (20) And Og the king of Bashan: for His
mercy endureth for ever: (21) And gave their land for an heritage: for His
mercy endureth for ever: (22) Even an
heritage unto Israel His servant: for His mercy endureth for ever. (23) Who remembered us in our low estate: for
His mercy endureth for ever:
(24) And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for His
mercy endureth for ever. (25) Who giveth food to all flesh: for His
mercy endureth for ever. (26) O give thanks unto the El of Heaven: for His
mercy endureth for ever.
(I) By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when
we remembered Zion. (2) We hanged our harps upon the willows in the
midst thereof. (3) For there they that carried us away captive
required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
(4) How shall we sing YAHWEH’S song in a strange land? (5) If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand
forget her cunning. (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. (7) Remember, O YAHWEH, the children of Edom in the day of
Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. (8) O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
happy shall he be, that rewardeth
thee as thou hast served us. (9) Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the
stones.
(I) A Psalm of David.
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the elohim will I sing praise
unto thee. (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.
(3) In the day when I cried THOU answeredst me, and strengthenedst
me with strength in my soul. (4) All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O YAHWEH,
when they hear the words of thy mouth. (5) Yea, they
shall sing in the ways of YAHWEH: for great is the glory of YAHWEH. (6) Though YAHWEH be high, yet hath he respect unto the
lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. (7) Though I
walk in the midst of trouble, THOU
wilt revive me: THOU shalt stretch
forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall
save me. (8) YAHWEH will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O YAHWEH, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O YAHWEH,
THOU hast searched me, and known me. (2) THOU knowest my downsitting and mine
uprising, THOU understandest my
thought afar off. (3) THOU
compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. (4) For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O YAHWEH, THOU
knowest it altogether. (5) THOU hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. (6) Such knowledge
is too wonderful for me; it is high,
I cannot attain unto it. (7) Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither
shall I flee from thy presence? (8) If I
ascend up into heaven, THOU art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, THOU art there. (9) If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; (10) even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right
hand shall hold me. (11) If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
even the night shall be light about me. (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. (13)
For THOU hast possessed my reins: THOU hast covered me in my mother's
womb. (14) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. (15)
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth. (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. (17) How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O El! How
great is the sum of them! (18) If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when
I awake, I am still with thee. (19) Surely THOU wilt slay the wicked, O ELOAH [or Elowahh]: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. (20) For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take THY
name in vain. (21) Do not I hate them, O YAHWEH, that hate thee? And am not
I grieved with those that rise up against thee? (22) I
hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. (23) Search me, O El, and know my heart: try me, and
know my thoughts: (24) And see if there
be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
(I) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O YAHWEH,
from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; (2) Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. (3)
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. SELAH. (4) Keep me,
O YAHWEH,
from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have
purposed to overthrow my goings. (5) The proud
have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they
have set gins for me. SELAH. (6) I said unto YAHWEH, THOU
art my El: hear the voice of my
supplications, O YAHWEH. (7) O YAHWEH my Sovereign, the strength of my
salvation, THOU hast covered my head
in the day of battle. (8) Grant not, O YAHWEH,
the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. SELAH.
(9) As for the
head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover
them. (10) Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be
cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. (11) Let not an evil speaker be established in the
earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. (12) I know that YAHWEH will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. (13) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto THY name: the upright shall dwell in
thy presence.
(I) A Psalm of David. YAHWEH, I cry unto THEE: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto THEE (2)
Let my prayer be set forth before THEE
as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as
the evening sacrifice. (3) Set a watch, O YAHWEH,
before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. (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. (5) Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet
my prayer also shall be in their
calamities. (6) When their judges are overthrown in stony
places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. (7) Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as
when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon
the earth. (8) But mine eyes are unto THEE, O YAHWEH
my Sovereign:
in THEE is my trust; leave not my
soul destitute. (9) Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of
iniquity. (10) Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst
that I withal escape.
(I) Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried
unto YAHWEH
with my voice; with my voice unto YAHWEH did I make my supplication. (2) I poured out my complaint before him; I showed
before him my trouble. (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. (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. (5) I cried unto thee, O YAHWEH: I said, THOU art my refuge and my
portion in the land of the living. (6) Attend
unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for
they are stronger than I. (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.
(I) A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O YAHWEH, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. (2) And enter
not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be
justified. (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. (4) Therefore
is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (5) I remember the days of old; I meditate on all
thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. (6) I stretch
forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth
after thee, as a thirsty land. SELAH. (7) Hear me speedily, O YAHWEH: my spirit faileth: hide not
thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. (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. (9) Deliver
me, O YAHWEH,
from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. (10)
Teach me to do thy will; for THOU art my Elohim: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of
uprightness. (11) Quicken me, O YAHWEH, for THY name’s sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of
trouble. (12) And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and
destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
(I) A Psalm of David.
Blessed be YAHWEH my strength, which teacheth
my hands to war, and my fingers to
fight: (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. (3) YAHWEH,
what is man, that THOU takest knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that THOU makest account of him! (4) Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. (5) Bow thy heavens, O YAHWEH, and come down: touch the
mountains, and they shall smoke. (6) Cast
forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. (7) Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver
me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; (8) whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right
hand is a right hand of falsehood. (9) I will sing a new song unto thee, O Elohim: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. (10) It is he that
giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful
sword. (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: (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: (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: (14) That our
oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going
out; that there be no complaining in
our streets. (15) Happy is
that people, that is in such a case: yea,
happy is that people, whose Elohim is YAHWEH.
(I) David's Psalm of
praise. I will extol thee, my Elohim, O king; and I will bless THY name for ever and ever. (2) Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise THY name for ever and ever. (3) Great is YAHWEH,
and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. (4) One generation shall
praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. (5) I will speak of the glorious honour of thy
majesty, and of thy wondrous works. (6) And men shall speak of the might of thy
terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. (7)
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of
thy righteousness. (8) YAHWEH is gracious,
and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. (9) YAHWEH is good
to all: and his tender mercies are over
all his works. (10) All thy works shall praise thee, O YAHWEH;
and thy saints shall bless thee. (11) They
shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; (12) To make known to the sons of men his mighty
acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. (13)
Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout
all generations. (14) YAHWEH upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all
those that be bowed down. (15) The eyes of all wait upon THEE; and THOU givest
them their meat in due season. (16) THOU openest THINE hand,
and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. (17) YAHWEH is righteous in all HIS ways, and holy in all HIS
works. (18) YAHWEH is nigh
unto all them that call upon HIM, to
all that call upon HIM in truth. (19) HE
will fulfil the desire of them that fear HIM:
HE also will hear their cry, and
will save them. (20) YAHWEH preserveth all them that love HIM: but all the wicked will HE destroy.
(21) My mouth
shall speak the praise of YAHWEH: and let all flesh bless his holy name for
ever and ever.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Praise YAHWEH, O my soul. (2)
While I live will I praise YAHWEH: I will sing praises unto my Elohim
while I have any being. (3) Put not your trust in
princes, nor in the son of man, in
whom there is no help. (4) His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his
earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. (5)
Happy is he that hath the El of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in YAHWEH his Elohim: (6) Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all
that therein is: which keepeth truth
for ever: (7) Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:
which giveth food to the hungry. YAHWEH looseth the prisoners: (8) YAHWEH openeth the eyes of the blind: YAHWEH raiseth them that are bowed down: YAHWEH
loveth the righteous: (9) YAHWEH preserveth the strangers; HE relieveth the fatherless and widow:
but the way of the wicked HE turneth
upside down. (10) YAHWEH shall reign for ever, even thy Elohim, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye YAH.
(I) Praise ye YAH : for it
is good to sing praises unto our Elohim; for it
is pleasant; and praise is
comely. (2) YAHWEH doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of
Israel. (3) HE
healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. (4) HE
telleth the number of the stars; HE
calleth them all by their names. (5) Great is our
Sovereign,
and of great power: HIS
understanding is infinite. (6) YAHWEH lifteth up the meek: HE casteth the wicked down to the ground. (7) Sing unto YAHWEH with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the
harp unto our Elohim:
(8) WHO
covereth the heaven with clouds, WHO
prepareth rain for the earth, WHO
maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. (9) HE giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (10) HE
delighteth not in the strength of the horse: HE taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. (11) YAHWEH taketh pleasure in them that fear HIM, in those that hope in HIS mercy. (12) Praise YAHWEH, O Jerusalem; praise thy Elohim, O Zion. (13) For HE
hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; HE
hath blessed thy children within thee. (14) HE maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth
thee with the finest of the wheat. (15) HE sendeth forth HIS commandment upon earth:
HIS word runneth very swiftly. (16) HE
giveth snow like wool: HE scattereth
the hoarfrost like ashes. (17) HE casteth forth HIS ice
like morsels: who can stand before HIS
cold? (18) HE
sendeth out HIS word, and melteth
them: HE causeth HIS wind to blow, and the waters flow. (19) HE showeth HIS word unto Jacob, HIS
statutes and HIS judgments unto
Israel. (20) HE
hath not dealt so with any nation: and as
for HIS judgments, they have not
known them. Praise ye YAH.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Praise ye YAHWEH from the heavens: praise HIM in the heights. (2) Praise ye HIM, all HIS angels: praise ye HIM, all HIS hosts. (3) Praise ye HIM, sun and moon: praise HIM, all ye stars of light. (4) Praise HIM, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. (5) Let them praise the name of YAHWEH: for HE commanded, and they were created. (6) HE hath also stablished them for ever and ever: HE hath made a decree which shall not pass. (7) Praise YAHWEH from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: (8) Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling HIS word: (9) Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: (10) Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: (11) Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: (12) Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: (13) Let them praise the name of YAHWEH: for HIS name alone is excellent; HIS glory is above the Earth and Heaven. (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 YAH.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Sing unto YAHWEH a new song, and his praise in the congregation of
saints. (2) Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the
children of Zion be joyful in their King. (3) Let them
praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel
and harp. (4) For YAHWEH taketh pleasure in his people: he will
beautify the meek with salvation. (5) Let the
saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. (6) Let the
high praises of El be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; (7) To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; (8) To bind their kings with chains, and their
nobles with fetters of iron; (9) To execute upon them the
judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye YAH.
(I) Praise ye YAH. Praise El in HIS
sanctuary: praise HIM in the
firmament of HIS power. (2) Praise HIM
for HIS mighty acts: praise HIM according to HIS excellent greatness. (3) Praise HIM with the sound of the trumpet:
praise HIM with the psaltery and
harp. (4) Praise HIM
with the timbrel and dance: praise HIM
with stringed instruments and organs. (5) Praise HIM upon the loud cymbals: praise HIM upon the high sounding cymbals. (6) Let every thing that hath breath praise YAH.
Praise ye YAH.
(I) The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; (2) To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the
words of understanding; (3) To receive the instruction
of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; (4) To
give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. (5) A wise man
will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall
attain unto wise counsels: (6) to understand a proverb,
and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. (7) The fear of YAHWEH is the
beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction. (8) My son,
hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (9) For they shall
be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. (10) My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou
not. (11) If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: (12) Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and
whole, as those that go down into the pit: (13) We shall
find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: (14) Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one
purse: (15) My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
refrain thy foot from their path: (16) For
their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. (17) Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of
any bird. (18) And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. (19) So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners
thereof. (20) Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in
the streets: (21) She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in
the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, (22)
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in
their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? (23) Turn you
at MY reproof: behold, I will pour out MY spirit unto you, I
will make known MY words unto you. (24) Because I
have called, and ye refused; I have
stretched out MY hand, and no man
regarded; (25) But ye have set at nought all MY counsel, and would none of MY reproof: (26) I
also will laugh at your calamity; I
will mock when your fear cometh; (27) When
your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon you. (28) Then shall
they call upon ME, but I will not answer; they shall seek ME early, but they shall not find ME: (29) For that
they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of YAHWEH: (30) They would none of MY counsel: they despised all MY
reproof. (31) Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their
own way, and be filled with their own devices. (32)
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools
shall destroy them. (33) But whoso hearkeneth unto ME shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
(I) My son, if thou wilt receive MY words, and hide MY
Commandments with thee; (2) So that thou incline thine
ear unto wisdom, and apply thine
heart to understanding; (3) Yea, if thou criest after
knowledge, and liftest up thy voice
for understanding; (4) If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for
her as for hid treasures; (5) Then shalt thou understand the fear of YAHWEH,
and find the knowledge of Elohim. (6) For YAHWEH giveth wisdom: out of HIS mouth cometh knowledge
and understanding. (7) HE
layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: HE is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. (8) HE
keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of HIS Saints. (9) Then shalt thou understand
righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea,
every good path. (10) When wisdom entereth into
thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; (11) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding
shall keep thee: (12) To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward
things; (13) Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in
the ways of darkness; (14) Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the
wicked; (15) Whose ways are
crooked, and they froward in
their paths: (16) To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; (17) Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and
forgetteth the covenant of her Elohim. (18) For her house inclineth unto death, and her
paths unto the dead. (19) None that go unto her
return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. (20) That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the
righteous. (21) For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the
perfect shall remain in it. (22) But the wicked shall be
cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
(I) My son, forget not MY
law; but let thine heart keep MY
Commandments: (2) for length of days, and long life, and peace,
shall they add to thee. (3) Let not mercy and truth
forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine
heart: (4) So shalt thou find favour and good understanding
in the sight of Elohim
and man. (5) Trust in YAHWEH with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding. (6) In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (7) Be
not wise in thine own eyes: fear YAHWEH, and depart from evil. (8) It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to
thy bones. (9) Honour YAHWEH with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase: (10) So shall
thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
(11) My son, despise not the chastening of YAHWEH;
neither be weary of his correction: (12) For whom
YAHWEH
loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. (13) Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. (14) For the
merchandise of it is better than the
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. (15) She is more
precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be
compared unto her. (16) Length of days is in her right hand; and in
her left hand riches and honour. (17) Her ways
are ways of pleasantness, and all her
paths are peace. (18) She is a
Tree of Life to them that lay hold
upon her: and happy is every one that
retaineth her. (19) YAHWEH by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens. (20)
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. (21) My son, let not them depart from thine eyes:
keep sound wisdom and discretion: (22) So shall
they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. (23) Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy
foot shall not stumble. (24) When thou liest down,
thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be
sweet. (25) Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the
desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. (26) For YAHWEH
shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. (27) Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
(28) Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again,
and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. (29) Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
dwelleth securely by thee. (30) Strive not with a man
without cause, if he have done thee no harm. (31)
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. (32) For the froward is abomination to YAHWEH: but his secret is with the righteous. (33) The
curse of YAHWEH
is in the house of the wicked: but he
blesseth the habitation of the just. (34) Surely
he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (35) The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be
the promotion of fools.
(I) Hear, ye children, the
instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. (2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not MY law. (3)
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved
in the sight of my mother. (4) He taught me also, and
said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep MY Commandments, and live. (5) Get
wisdom, get understanding: forget it not;
neither decline from the words of my mouth. (6) Forsake
her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. (7) Wisdom is the
principal thing; therefore get
wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. (8) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall
bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. (9) She shall give to thine head an ornament of
grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. (10) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the
years of thy life shall be many. (11) I have
taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. (12) When thou goest, thy steps shall not be
straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. (13) Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. (14) Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go
not in the way of evil men. (15) Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass
away. (16) For they sleep not, except they have done
mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. (17) For they eat the bread of
wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. (18) But the
path of the just is as the shining
light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (19) The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear
unto my sayings. (21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them
in the midst of thine heart. (22) For they are life unto those that find them, and
health to all their flesh. (23) Keep thy heart with all
diligence; for out of it are the
issues of life. (24) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse
lips put far from thee. (25) Let thine eyes look right
on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. (26) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy
ways be established. (27) Turn not to the right
hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
(I) My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: (2) That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. (3) For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: (4) but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a
twoedged sword. (5) Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold
on hell. (6) Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her
ways are moveable, that thou canst
not know them. (7) Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart
not from the words of my mouth. (8) Remove
thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: (9) Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy
years unto the cruel: (10) Lest strangers be filled
with thy wealth; and thy labours be in
the house of a stranger; (11) And thou mourn at the
last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, (12)
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (13) And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! (14) I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
congregation and assembly. (15) Drink waters out of thine
own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. (16) Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. (17) Let them be only thine own, and not strangers'
with thee. (18) Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with
the wife of thy youth. (19) Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts
satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. (20) And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a
strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? (21) For the ways of man are before the eyes of YAHWEH, and he pondereth all his goings. (22) His own iniquities shall take the wicked
himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. (23) He shall die without instruction; and in the
greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
(I) My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a
stranger, (2) Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. (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. (4)
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. (5) Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the
hand of the fowler. (6) Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways,
and be wise: (7) which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, (8) provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (9) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt
thou arise out of thy sleep? (10) Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep: (11) So shall thy poverty come as one that
travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. (12) A
naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. (13) He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his
feet, he teacheth with his fingers; (14)
Frowardness is in his heart, he
deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. (15) Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. (16) These
six things doth YAHWEH hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: (17) A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that
shed innocent blood, (18) An heart that deviseth
wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, (19) A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (20) My son, keep thy father's commandment, and
forsake not the law of thy mother: (21) Bind
them continually upon thine heart, and tie
them about thy neck. (22) When thou goest, it shall
lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. (23) For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the
way of life: (24) to keep thee from the evil woman, from the
flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (25) Lust not
after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. (26) For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:
and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. (27) Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his
clothes not be burned? (28) Can one go upon hot
coals, and his feet not be burned? (29) So he
that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be
innocent. (30) Men do
not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; (31) but if he
be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his
house. (32) But whoso
committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (33) A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his
reproach shall not be wiped away. (34) For
jealousy is the rage of a man:
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. (35) He will not regard any ransom; neither will he
rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
(I) My son, keep my words, and lay up MY Commandments with thee. (2) Keep MY Commandments, and live; and my law
as the apple of thine eye. (3) Bind them upon thy
fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. (4) Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: (5) that they may keep thee
from the strange woman, from the stranger which
flattereth with her words. (6) For at the window of my
house I looked through my casement, (7) And
beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of
understanding, (8) Passing through the street near her corner; and
he went the way to her house, (9) In the twilight, in the
evening, in the black and dark night: (10) And,
behold, there met him a woman with the
attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart. (11) (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not
in her house: (12) now is she
without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) (13) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
(14) I have peace
offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. (15) Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently
to seek thy face, and I have found thee. (16) I have
decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. (17) I
have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (18) Come, let us take our fill of love until the
morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. (19)
For the goodman is not at home, he is
gone a long journey: (20) He hath taken a bag of
money with him, and will come home at
the day appointed. (21) With her much fair speech she caused him to
yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. (22) He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth
to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; (23) Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird
hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. (24) Hearken unto me now
therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. (25) Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not
astray in her paths. (26) For she hath cast down
many wounded: yea, many strong men have
been slain by her. (27) Her house is
the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
(I) Doth not wisdom cry? And understanding put forth her voice? (2) She standeth in the top of high places, by the
way in the places of the paths. (3) She
crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. (4) Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. (5) O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools,
be ye of an understanding heart. (6) Hear; for
I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. (7) For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. (8) All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there
is nothing froward or perverse in them. (9) They are all plain to him that understandeth,
and right to them that find knowledge. (10) Receive
my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. (11) For wisdom is
better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be
compared to it. (12) I Wisdom dwell
with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. (13) The fear of YAHWEH is to
hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
(14) Counsel is
Mine,
and sound wisdom: I am understanding;
I
have strength. (15) By Me kings reign, and princes decree justice. (16) By Me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. (17) I love
them that love Me;
and those that seek Me early shall find Me. (18)
Riches and honour are with Me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. (19) My fruit is
better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and My revenue than choice silver. (20) I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst
of the paths of judgment: (21) That I may cause those that love Me to
inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. (22) YAHWEH possessed Me in the beginning of HIS
way, before HIS
works of old. (23) I was set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, or ever the earth was. (24) When there were no depths, I was
brought forth; when there were no
fountains abounding with water. (25) Before
the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: (26) while as yet HE had not made the earth, nor the
fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. (27) When HE prepared the heavens, I was there: when HE set a compass upon the face of the depth: (28) When HE established the clouds above: when HE
strengthened the fountains of the deep: (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: (30) Then I was by HIM, as one
brought up with HIM: and I was daily HIS delight, rejoicing always before HIM; (31) Rejoicing in the habitable part of HIS
earth; and My
delights were with the sons of men. (32) Now therefore hearken unto Me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep My ways. (33) Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it
not. (34) Blessed is
the man that heareth Me, watching daily at My gates, waiting at the posts of My
doors. (35) For whoso findeth Me findeth life, and shall obtain
favour of YAHWEH.
(36) But he that sinneth against Me wrongeth his own soul: all they
that hate Me
love death.
(I) Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars: (2) She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her
wine; she hath also furnished her table. (3) She hath
sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, (4) Whoso is simple,
let him turn in hither: as for him
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, (5)
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. (6) Forsake
the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. (7) He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself
shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man
getteth himself a blot. (8) Reprove not a scorner,
lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. (9) Give instruction
to a wise man, and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just man, and he will
increase in learning. (10) The fear of YAHWEH is the beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is understanding.
(11) For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the
years of thy life shall be increased. (12) If thou
be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. (13) A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple,
and knoweth nothing. (14) For she sitteth at the
door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, (15) To call passengers who go right on their ways: (16) Whoso is simple,
let him turn in hither: and as for him
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, (17)
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in
secret is pleasant. (18) But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in
the depths of hell.
(I) The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the heaviness of
his mother. (2) Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
righteousness delivereth from death. (3) YAHWEH
will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the
substance of the wicked. (4) He becometh poor that
dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand
of the diligent maketh rich. (5) He that gathereth in
summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. (6) Blessings are
upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. (7) The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. (8) The wise in heart will receive commandments: but
a prating fool shall fall. (9) He that walketh uprightly
walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. (10) He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but
a prating fool shall fall. (11) The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked. (12) Hatred
stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (13)
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of
understanding. (14) Wise men lay
up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is
near destruction. (15) The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of
the poor is their poverty. (16) The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. (17) He is in the
way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. (18) He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. (19) In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:
but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
(20) The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. (21) The lips of the righteous
feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. (22)
The blessing of YAHWEH,
it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. (23) It is as sport to a fool to do mischief:
but a man of understanding hath wisdom. (24) The fear
of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be
granted. (25) As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an
everlasting foundation. (26) As vinegar to the teeth,
and as smoke to the eyes, so is the
sluggard to them that send him. (27) The fear
of YAHWEH
prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. (28) The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. (29) The way of YAHWEH is strength
to the upright: but destruction shall be to
the workers of iniquity. (30) The righteous shall never
be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. (31) The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but
the froward tongue shall be cut out. (32) The lips
of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
(I) A false balance is abomination
to YAHWEH:
but a just weight is his delight. (2) When pride
cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. (3) The integrity of the
upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy
them. (4) Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but
righteousness delivereth from death. (5) The
righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by
his own wickedness. (6) The righteousness of the upright shall deliver
them: but transgressors shall be taken in their
own naughtiness. (7) When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the
hope of unjust men perisheth. (8) The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and
the wicked cometh in his stead. (9) An
hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth
his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. (10) When it goeth well with the righteous, the city
rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there
is shouting. (11) By the blessing of the upright the city is
exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. (12) He that is void of wisdom despiseth his
neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. (13) A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is
of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. (14) Where no
counsel is, the people fall: but in
the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
(15) He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is
sure. (16) A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. (17) The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but
he that is cruel troubleth his own
flesh. (18) The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him
that soweth righteousness shall be a
sure reward. (19) As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. (20) They
that are of a froward heart are abomination
to YAHWEH:
but such as are upright in their way are his delight. (21) Though hand join in hand,
the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be
delivered. (22) As a
jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a
fair woman which is without discretion. (23) The
desire of the righteous is only good:
but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. (24)
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. (25) The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that
watereth shall be watered also himself. (26) He that
withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. (27) He that diligently seeketh good procureth
favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. (28) He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but
the righteous shall flourish as a branch. (29) He that
troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. (30) The fruit of the righteous is a Tree of Life; and
he that winneth souls is wise. (31) Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in
the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
(I) Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that
hateth reproof is brutish. (2) A good man
obtaineth favour of YAHWEH: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
(3) A man shall not be established by wickedness:
but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. (4) A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. (5) The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are
deceit. (6) The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall
deliver them. (7) The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous
shall stand. (8) A man shall be commended according to his
wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. (9) He that is
despised, and hath a servant, is better
than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. (10) A righteous man
regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (11) He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with
bread: but he that followeth vain persons
is void of understanding. (12) The wicked desireth the
net of evil men: but the root of the
righteous yieldeth fruit. (13) The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of
trouble. (14) A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit
of his mouth: and the recompense of a
man's hands shall be rendered unto him. (15) The way
of a fool is right in his own eyes:
but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
(16) A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent
man covereth shame. (17) He that speaketh
truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. (18) There is that speaketh like the piercings of a
sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
(19) The lip of truth shall be established for ever:
but a lying tongue is but for a
moment. (20) Deceit is in
the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. (21)
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with
mischief. (22) Lying lips are
abomination to YAHWEH: but they that deal truly are his delight. (23) A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the
heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. (24) The hand
of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. (25) Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:
but a good word maketh it glad. (26) The
righteous is more excellent than his
neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. (27) The slothful man
roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent
man is precious. (28) In the way of righteousness is life; and in the
pathway thereof there is no death.
(I) A wise son heareth his
father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. (2) A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the
transgressors shall eat violence. (3) He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall
have destruction. (4) The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the
diligent shall be made fat. (5) A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. (6) Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the
sinner. (7) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. (8) The ransom of a man's life
are his riches: but the poor heareth
not rebuke. (9) The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the
lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (10) Only by
pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. (11) Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. (12)
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when
the desire cometh, it is a Tree of Life. (13) Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but
he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. (14) The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. (15) Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of
transgressors is hard. (16) Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. (17) A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a
faithful ambassador is health. (18) Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth
reproof shall be honoured. (19) The desire accomplished
is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination
to fools to depart from evil. (20) He that walketh with wise
men shall be wise: but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed. (21) Evil pursueth sinners:
but to the righteous good shall be repayed. (22) A good man leaveth an inheritance to his
children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. (23) Much
food is in the tillage of the poor:
but there is that is destroyed for
want of judgment. (24) He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he
that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. (25) The
righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked
shall want.
(I) Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands. (2) He that
walketh in his uprightness feareth YAHWEH: but he
that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. (3) In
the mouth of the foolish is a rod of
pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. (4) Where no oxen are, the crib is clean:
but much increase is by the strength
of the ox. (5) A faithful witness will not lie: but a false
witness will utter lies. (6) A scorner seeketh wisdom,
and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. (7) Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou
perceivest not in him the lips of
knowledge. (8) The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. (9) Fools make a mock at sin: but among the
righteous there is favour. (10) The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a
stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. (11) The
house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright
shall flourish. (12) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of
death. (13) Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the
end of that mirth is heaviness. (14) The backslider in heart shall be filled with his
own ways: and a good man shall be
satisfied from himself. (15) The simple believeth
every word: but the prudent man looketh
well to his going. (16) A wise man
feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. (17) He that is
soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. (18) The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are
crowned with knowledge. (19) The evil bow before the
good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. (20) The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but
the rich hath many friends. (21) He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he
that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
(22) Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and
truth shall be to them that devise
good. (23) In all labour there is profit: but the talk of
the lips tendeth only to penury. (24) The crown of the wise is their riches: but the
foolishness of fools is folly. (25) A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful
witness speaketh lies. (26) In the fear of YAHWEH is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of
refuge. (27) The fear of YAHWEH is a
fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. (28) In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. (29) He that is
slow to wrath is of great
understanding: but he that is hasty
of spirit exalteth folly. (30) A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the
rottenness of the bones. (31) He that oppresseth the
poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. (32) The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but
the righteous hath hope in his death. (33) Wisdom
resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. (34) Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. (35) The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
(I) A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger. (2) The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright:
but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. (3)
The eyes of YAHWEH
are in every place, beholding the
evil and the good. (4) A wholesome tongue is a Tree of Life: but
perverseness therein is a breach in
the spirit. (5) A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but
he that regardeth reproof is prudent. (6) In the
house of the righteous is much
treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. (7) The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the
heart of the foolish doeth not so. (8) The
sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to YAHWEH: but the prayer of the
upright is HIS delight. (9) The way of the wicked is an abomination unto YAHWEH: but he loveth him that followeth after
righteousness. (10) Correction is
grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. (11) Hell and destruction are before YAHWEH: how much more then the hearts of the
children of men? (12) A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
neither will he go unto the wise. (13) A merry
heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is
broken. (14) The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. (15) All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry
heart hath a continual feast. (16) Better is little
with the fear of YAHWEH than great treasure and trouble therewith. (17) Better is a
dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. (18) A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth
strife. (19) The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. (20) A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish
man despiseth his mother. (21) Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh
uprightly. (22) Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but
in the multitude of counsellors they are established. (23) A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a
word spoken in due season, how good is it! (24)
The way of life is above to the wise,
that he may depart from hell beneath. (25) YAHWEH
will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the
widow. (26) The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to YAHWEH: but the
words of the pure are pleasant
words. (27) He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own
house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. (28) The
heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth
out evil things. (29) YAHWEH is far
from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. (30) The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. (31) The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth
among the wise. (32) He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own
soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. (33) The fear of YAHWEH is the
instruction of wisdom; and before honour is
humility.
(I) The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the
tongue, is from YAHWEH. (2) All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but YAHWEH weigheth the spirits. (3) Commit thy works unto YAHWEH, and thy thoughts shall be
established. (4) YAHWEH hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. (5) Every one that
is proud in heart is an
abomination to YAHWEH:
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. (6) By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by
the fear of YAHWEH
men depart from evil. (7) When a man's ways please YAHWEH, he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him. (8) Better is a little with righteousness than
great revenues without right. (9) A man's heart deviseth his
way: but YAHWEH
directeth his steps. (10) A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
transgresseth not in judgment. (11) A just weight and balance
are YAHWEH’S: all the weights of the
bag are his work. (12) It is an
abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by
righteousness. (13) Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. (14) The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. (15) In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. (16) How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to
be chosen than silver! (17) The highway of the
upright is to depart from evil: he
that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. (18) Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty
spirit before a fall. (19) Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the
lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. (20)
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in YAHWEH,
happy is he. (21) The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and
the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. (22)
Understanding is a wellspring of life
unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. (23) The heart of the wise
teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. (24) Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (25) There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of
death. (26) He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his
mouth craveth it of him. (27) A worthless man diggeth
up evil: and in his lips there is as
a burning fire. (28) A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer
separateth chief friends. (29) A violent man enticeth
his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that
is not good. (30) He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things:
moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. (31) The
hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness. (32) He that is
slow to anger is better than the
mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (33) The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole
disposing thereof is of YAHWEH.
(I) Better is a dry
morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. (2) A wise servant shall have rule over a son that
causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. (3) The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but YAHWEH trieth the hearts. (4) A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty
tongue. (5) Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall
not be unpunished. (6) Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. (7) Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less
do lying lips a prince. (8) A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of
him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. (9) He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very
friends. (10) A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an
hundred stripes into a fool. (11) An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a
cruel messenger shall be sent against him. (12) Let a
bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. (13) Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not
depart from his house. (14) The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. (15) He that justifieth the wicked, and he that
condemneth the just, even they both are abomination
to YAHWEH.
(16) Wherefore is
there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? (17) A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is
born for adversity. (18) A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of
his friend. (19) He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh
destruction. (20) He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:
and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. (21) He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. (22) A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. (23) A wicked man
taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. (24) Wisdom is before
him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. (25) A
foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him. (26) Also to
punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. (27) He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an
excellent spirit. (28) Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is
counted wise: and he that shutteth
his lips is esteemed a man of
understanding.
(I) Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. (2) A fool hath no delight in understanding, but
that his heart may discover itself. (3) When the
wicked cometh, then cometh also
contempt, and with ignominy reproach. (4) The words
of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. (5) It is not
good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in
judgment. (6) A fool's lips enter into contention, and his
mouth calleth for strokes. (7) A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. (8) The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the
belly. (9) He also that is slothful in his work is brother
to him that is a great waster. (10) The name of YAHWEH is a strong tower: the righteous runneth
into it, and is safe. (11) The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall
in his own conceit. (12) Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
and before honour is humility. (13) He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. (14) The
spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? (15) The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and
the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. (16) A man's
gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (17) He that is
first in his own cause seemeth just;
but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. (18) The lot
causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. (19) A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like
the bars of a castle. (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. (21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof. (22) Whoso findeth
a wife findeth a good thing, and
obtaineth favour of YAHWEH. (23) The poor
useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. (24) A man that
hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
(I) Better is the poor
that walketh in his integrity, than he
that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (2)
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with
his feet sinneth. (3) The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and
his heart fretteth against YAHWEH. (4) Wealth maketh
many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. (5) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. (6) Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and
every man is a friend to him that
giveth gifts. (7) All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how
much more do his friends go far from him? He pursueth them with words, yet they
are wanting to him. (8) He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he
that keepeth understanding shall find good. (9) A false
witness shall not be unpunished, and he
that speaketh lies shall perish. (10) Delight
is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (11) The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and
it is his glory to pass over a
transgression. (12) The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. (13) A
foolish son is the calamity of his
father: and the contentions of a wife are
a continual dropping. (14) House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a
prudent wife is from YAHWEH.
(15) Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an
idle soul shall suffer hunger. (16) He that keepeth the
commandment keepeth his own soul; but he
that despiseth his ways shall die. (17) He that
hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto YAHWEH; and that which he hath given will he pay
him again. (18) Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not
thy soul spare for his crying. (19) A man of great wrath
shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. (20) Hear
counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. (21) There are many
devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of YAHWEH, that shall stand. (22) The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is
better than a liar. (23) The fear of YAHWEH tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied;
he shall not be visited with evil. (24) A
slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring
it to his mouth again. (25) Smite a scorner, and the
simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. (26) He that wasteth his father, and chaseth
away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. (27) Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of
knowledge. (28) A worthless witness scorneth judgment: and the
mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. (29)
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
(I) Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging: and whosoever
is deceived thereby is not wise. (2) The fear
of a king is as the roaring of a
lion: whoso provoketh him to anger
sinneth against his own soul. (3) It is an
honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. (4) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the
cold; therefore shall he beg in
harvest, and have nothing. (5) Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. (6) Most men will proclaim every one his own
goodness: but a faithful man who can find? (7) The just man walketh in his integrity: his
children are blessed after him. (8) A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away all evil with his eyes. (9) Who can
say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? (10) Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to YAHWEH. (11) Even a
child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
(12) The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, YAHWEH
hath made even both of them. (13) Love not sleep, lest thou
come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou
shalt be satisfied with bread. (14) It is naught, it is naught,
saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (15) There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but
the lips of knowledge are a precious
jewel. (16) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman. (17) Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his
mouth shall be filled with gravel. (18) Every purpose is established by counsel:
and with good advice make war. (19) He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets:
therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. (20) Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp
shall be put out in obscure darkness. (21) An
inheritance may be gotten hastily at
the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. (22) Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on YAHWEH, and he shall save thee. (23) Divers weights are an abomination unto YAHWEH; and a false balance is not good. (24) Man's goings are of YAHWEH; how can a man then
understand his own way? (25) It is a snare to the man who devoureth
that which is holy, and after vows to
make inquiry. (26) A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over them. (27) The spirit of man is the candle of YAHWEH, searching all the inward
parts of the belly. (28) Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his
throne is upholden by mercy. (29) The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old
men is the grey head. (30) The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the
belly.
(I) The king's heart is in
the hand of YAHWEH,
as the rivers of water: he turneth it
whithersoever he will. (2) Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but YAHWEH
pondereth the hearts. (3) To do justice and judgment
is more acceptable to YAHWEH
than sacrifice. (4) An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. (5)
The thoughts of the diligent tend only
to plenteousness; but of every one that
is hasty only to want. (6) The getting of treasures
by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed
to and fro of them that seek death. (7) The
robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. (8) The way of man is froward and strange: but as
for the pure, his work is right. (9) It is better
to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide
house. (10) The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his
neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. (11) When the
scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed,
he receiveth knowledge. (12) The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the
wicked: but Elohim
overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
(13) Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (14) A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward
in the bosom strong wrath. (15) It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. (16) The man that wandereth out of the way of
understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. (17) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
(18) The wicked shall
be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. (19) It is better
to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. (20) There is treasure
to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth
it up. (21) He that followeth after righteousness and mercy
findeth life, righteousness, and honour. (22) A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and
casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. (23) Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth
his soul from troubles. (24) Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. (25) The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his
hands refuse to labour. (26) He coveteth greedily all
the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. (27) The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when
he bringeth it with a wicked mind? (28) A false
witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. (29) A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his
way. (30) There is no
wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against YAHWEH. (31) The horse is
prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of YAHWEH.
(I) A good name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favour rather than
silver and gold. (2) The rich and poor meet together: YAHWEH is the maker of them all. (3) A prudent man
foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are
punished. (4) By humility and
the fear of YAHWEH
are riches, and honour, and life. (5) Thorns and
snares are in the way of the
froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. (6) Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it. (7) The rich
ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is
servant to the lender. (8) He that soweth iniquity
shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. (9) He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
for he giveth of his bread to the poor. (10) Cast out
the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
(11) He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. (12) The eyes of YAHWEH preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth
the words of the transgressor. (13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. (14) The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of YAHWEH shall fall therein. (15) Foolishness is
bound in the heart of a child; but the
rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (16)
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,
and he that giveth to the rich, shall
surely come to want. (17) Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the
wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. (18)
For it is a pleasant thing if thou
keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. (19) That thy trust may be in YAHWEH, I have made known to thee
this day, even to thee. (20) Have not I written to
thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, (21)
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou
mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? (22) Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in
the gate: (23) For YAHWEH will plead their cause, and spoil the soul
of those that spoiled them. (24) Make no friendship with
an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: (25) Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy
soul. (26) Be not thou one
of them that strike hands, or of
them that are sureties for debts. (27) If thou
hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? (28) Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy
fathers have set. (29) Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He
shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
(I) When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently
what is before thee: (2) And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. (3) Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. (4) Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own
wisdom. (5) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves
wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. (6)
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an
evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: (7)
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. (8) The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit
up, and lose thy sweet words. (9) Speak not in the ears of a
fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. (10) Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into
the fields of the fatherless: (11) for their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause
with thee. (12) Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine
ears to the words of knowledge. (13) Withhold
not correction from the child: for if thou
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. (14) Thou
shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (15) My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall
rejoice, even mine. (16) Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak
right things. (17) Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of YAHWEH
all the day long. (18) For surely there is an end; and thine
expectation shall not be cut off. (19) Hear
thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. (20) Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters
of flesh: (21) For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a
man with rags. (22) Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and
despise not thy mother when she is old. (23) Buy the
truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding. (24) The father of the righteous shall greatly
rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child
shall have joy of him. (25) Thy father and thy mother
shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. (26) My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes
observe my ways. (27) For a whore is
a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a
narrow pit. (28) She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. (29) Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath
contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness
of eyes? (30) They that tarry long at the wine; they that go
to seek mixed wine. (31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when
it giveth his colour in the cup, when it
moveth itself aright. (32) At the last it biteth
like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (33) Thine
eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. (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. (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.
(I) Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be
with them. (2) For their heart studieth destruction, and their
lips talk of mischief. (3) Through wisdom is an house
builded; and by understanding it is established: (4)
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant
riches. (5) A wise man is
strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. (6) For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and
in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
(7) Wisdom is too
high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. (8) He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a
mischievous person. (9) The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an
abomination to men. (10) If thou
faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is
small. (11) If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; (12)
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart
consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man
according to his works? (13) My son, eat thou honey,
because it is good; and the
honeycomb, which is sweet to thy
taste: (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. (15) Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting
place: (16) For a just man
falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into
mischief. (17) Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let
not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: (18) Lest YAHWEH
see it, and it displease him, and he
turn away his wrath from him. (19) Fret not thyself because
of evil men, neither be thou envious
at the wicked; (20) For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be
put out. (21) My son, fear thou YAHWEH and the king: and meddle not with them that are given
to change: (22) For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who
knoweth the ruin of them both? (23) These things also belong to the wise. It is not
good to have respect of persons in judgment. (24)
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: (25) but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. (26) Every man shall
kiss his lips that giveth a right
answer. (27) Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for
thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. (28) Be not a witness against thy neighbour without
cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
(29) Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to
me: I will render to the man according to his work. (30) I went by the field of the slothful, and by the
vineyard of the man void of understanding; (31) And, lo,
it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles
had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. (32) Then I saw, and
considered it well: I looked upon
it, and received instruction. (33) Yet a
little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (34) So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
(I) These are also
proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. (2) It is the
glory of Elohim to conceal a thing: but
the honour of kings is to search out
a matter. (3) The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
(4) Take away the dross from the silver, and there
shall come forth a vessel for the finer. (5) Take away
the wicked from before the king, and
his throne shall be established in righteousness. (6) Put not forth thyself in the presence of the
king, and stand not in the place of great men:
(7) For better it
is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be
put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. (8) Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end
thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. (9) Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to
another: (10) Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. (11) A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (12) As an
earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (13) As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that
send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. (14) Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. (15) By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a
soft tongue breaketh the bone. (16) Hast thou found honey?
Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit
it. (17) Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house;
lest he be weary of thee, and so hate
thee. (18) A man that beareth false witness against his
neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and
a sharp arrow. (19) Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of
trouble is like a broken tooth, and a
foot out of joint. (20) 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. (21) If thine
enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to
drink: (22) for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,
and YAHWEH
shall reward thee. (23) The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting
tongue. (24) It is better
to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a
wide house. (25) As cold
waters to a thirsty soul, so is good
news from a far country. (26) A righteous man falling
down before the wicked is as a
troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. (27) It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. (28) He that hath
no rule over his own spirit is like a
city that is broken down, and without walls.
(I) As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not
seemly for a fool. (2) As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by
flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. (3) A
whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. (4) Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest
thou also be like unto him. (5) Answer a fool according to
his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. (6) He
that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. (7) The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. (8) As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. (9) As a
thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. (10)
The great Elohim that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. (11) As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. (12) Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
(13) The slothful man
saith, There is a lion in the
way; a lion is in the streets. (14) As the
door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the
slothful upon his bed. (15) The slothful hideth his
hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to
bring it again to his mouth. (16) The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven
men that can render a reason. (17) He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
(18) As a mad man
who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, (19)
so is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? (20) Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. (21) As coals
are to burning coals, and wood to
fire; so is a contentious man to
kindle strife. (22) The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the
belly. (23) Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver
dross. (24) He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and
layeth up deceit within him; (25) when he speaketh fair,
believe him not: for there are seven
abominations in his heart. (26) Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed
before the whole congregation. (27) Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he
that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. (28) A
lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted
by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
(I) Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a
day may bring forth. (2) Let another man praise
thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. (3) A stone is
heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. (4) Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able
to stand before envy? (5) Open rebuke is better than secret love. (6) Faithful are
the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. (7) The full soul loatheth an
honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. (8) As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. (9) Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by
hearty counsel. (10) Thine own friend, and thy father's friend,
forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near
than a brother far off. (11) My son, be wise, and make
my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. (12) A prudent man
foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. (13) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,
and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. (14)
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it
shall be counted a curse to him. (15) A
continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. (16) Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the
ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth
itself. (17) Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend. (18) Whoso keepeth the fig
tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be
honoured. (19) As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. (20) Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes
of man are never satisfied. (21) As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. (22) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar
among wheat with a pestle, yet will not
his foolishness depart from him. (23) Be thou
diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and
look well to thy herds. (24) For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? (25) The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth
itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. (26)
The lambs are for thy clothing, and
the goats are the price of the field.
(27) And thou
shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
and for the maintenance for thy
maidens.
(I) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are
bold as a lion. (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. (3) A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no
food. (4) They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but
such as keep the law contend with them. (5) Evil men
understand not judgment: but they that seek YAHWEH understand all things. (6)
Better is the poor that walketh in
his uprightness, than he that is perverse
in his ways, though he be rich. (7)
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son:
but he that is a companion of riotous men
shameth his father. (8) He that by usury and
unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
the poor. (9) He that turneth away his ear from hearing the
law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
(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. (11) The rich man is
wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him
out. (12) When righteous men do rejoice, there is great
glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. (13) He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall
have mercy. (14) Happy is the
man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into
mischief. (15) As a
roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a
wicked ruler over the poor people. (16) The
prince that wanteth understanding is also
a great oppressor: but he that hateth
covetousness shall prolong his days. (17) A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no
man stay him. (18) Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. (19) He that
tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. (20) A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but
he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. (21) To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. (22) He that
hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye,
and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. (23) He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find
more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. (24) Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and
saith, It is no transgression; the
same is the companion of a destroyer.
(25) He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife:
but he that putteth his trust in YAHWEH shall be made fat. (26) He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. (27)
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall
have many a curse. (28) When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but
when they perish, the righteous increase.
(I) He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (2) When the righteous are in authority, the people
rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (3) Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he
that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his
substance. (4) The king by judgment establisheth the land: but
he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. (5) A man
that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. (6) In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth
sing and rejoice. (7) The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
but the wicked regardeth not to know it. (8) Scornful
men bring a city into a snare: but wise men
turn away wrath. (9) If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or
laugh, there is no rest. (10) The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just
seek his soul. (11) A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. (12) If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. (13) The poor and the deceitful man meet together: YAHWEH
lighteneth both their eyes. (14) The king that faithfully
judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. (15) The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child
left to himself bringeth his mother
to shame. (16) When the wicked are multiplied, transgression
increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. (17) Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest;
yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (18) Where there is no vision, the people perish:
but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
(19) A servant will not be corrected by words: for
though he understand he will not answer. (20) Seest
thou a man that is hasty in his
words? There is more hope of a fool
than of him. (21) He that delicately bringeth up his servant from
a child shall have him become his son
at the length. (22) An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious
man aboundeth in transgression. (23) A man's
pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. (24) Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own
soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it
not. (25) The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso
putteth his trust in YAHWEH shall be safe. (26) Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from YAHWEH. (27) An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is
abomination to the wicked.
(I) The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and
Ucal, (2) Surely I am
more brutish than any man, and
have not the understanding of a man. (3) I neither
learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. (4) Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?
Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a
garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? (5) Every word of ELOAH [or Elowahh] is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put
their trust in him. (6) Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove
thee, and thou be found a liar. (7) Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: (8) Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me
neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: (9) Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is YAHWEH?
Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my Elohim in vain. (10) Accuse not a servant unto
his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (11) There is a
generation that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother. (12) There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
(13) There is a
generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up. (14) There is a
generation, whose teeth are as swords,
and their jaw teeth as knives, to
devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. (15) The horseleach hath two
daughters, crying, Give, give. There
are three things that are never
satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: (16) The grave; and the barren
womb; the earth that is not filled
with water; and the fire that saith
not, It is enough. (17) The eye that
mocketh at his father, and
despiseth to obey his mother, the
ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. (18) There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: (19) The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a
serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of
a man with a maid. (20) Such is the
way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have
done no wickedness. (21) For three things
the earth is disquieted, and for four which
it cannot bear: (22) For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when
he is filled with meat; (23) For an odious woman when she is married; and an
handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (24) There be
four things which are little upon the
earth, but they are exceeding wise: (25) The ants are
a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; (26) The conies are
but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; (27) The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all
of them by bands; (28) The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in
kings' palaces. (29) There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: (30) A lion which
is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; (31) A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king,
against whom there is no rising up. (32) If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up
thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay
thine hand upon thy mouth. (33) Surely the churning of
milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:
so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
(I) The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother
taught him. (2) What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? And
what, the son of my vows? (3) Give not thy strength unto
women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. (4) It is not
for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for
kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: (5) Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert
the judgment of any of the afflicted. (6) Give
strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of
heavy hearts. (7) Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and
remember his misery no more. (8) Open thy mouth for the
dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. (9) Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the
cause of the poor and needy. (10) Who can find a virtuous
woman? For her price is far above
rubies. (11) The heart of her husband doth safely trust in
her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. (12)
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. (13) She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh
willingly with her hands. (14) She is like the
merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. (15) She riseth also while it is yet night, and
giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. (16) She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. (17) She
girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. (18) She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by
night. (19) She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her
hands hold the distaff. (20) She stretcheth out her
hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. (21) She is not afraid of the snow for her household:
for all her household are clothed
with scarlet. (22) She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her
clothing is silk and purple. (23) Her husband is known in the gates, when he
sitteth among the elders of the land. (24) She
maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and
delivereth girdles unto the merchant. (25) Strength
and honour are her clothing; and she
shall rejoice in time to come. (26) She openeth her mouth
with wisdom; and in her tongue is the
law of kindness. (27) She looketh well to the ways of her household,
and eateth not the bread of idleness. (28) Her
children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. (29) Many
daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. (30) Favour is deceitful,
and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth YAHWEH, she shall be praised. (31) Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her
own works praise her in the gates.
(I) The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in
Jerusalem. (2) Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity
of vanities; all is vanity. (3) What profit hath a man of all his labour which
he taketh under the sun? (4) One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. (5) The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down,
and hasteth to his place where he arose. (6) The wind
goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about
continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. (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. (8) All
things are full of labour; man cannot
utter it: the eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. (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. (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. (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. (12) I the Preacher was king over Israel in
Jerusalem. (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 Elohim
given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. (14) I have seen all the works that are done under
the sun; and, behold, all is vanity
and vexation of spirit. (15) That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is
wanting cannot be numbered. (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. (17) And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know
madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. (18) For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
(I) I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with
mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (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. (4) I made me great works; I builded me houses; I
planted me vineyards: (5) I made me gardens and
orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: (6) I made me pools of water,
to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: (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: (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. (9) So I was great, and increased more than all that
were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. (10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my
labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. (11) Then I looked on all the works that my hands had
wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. (12) And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and
madness, and folly: for what can the
man do that cometh after the king? Even that which hath been already done. (13) Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far
as light excelleth darkness. (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. (15) Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the
fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in
my heart, that this also is vanity. (16) For there
is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that
which now is in the days to come
shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? As the fool. (17) Therefore I hated life; because the work that is
wrought under the sun is grievous
unto me: for all is vanity and
vexation of spirit. (18) Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken
under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. (19) And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he have rule
over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself
wise under the sun. This is also
vanity. (20) Therefore I went about to cause my heart to
despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. (21) For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in
equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. (22) For what hath man of all his labour, and of the
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? (23) For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest
in the night. This is also vanity. (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 labour. This also I saw, that it was
from the hand of Elohim. (25) For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? (26) For Elohim 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 Elohim.
This also is vanity and vexation of
spirit.
(I) To every thing there
is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to
plant, and a time to pluck up that which
is planted; (3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to
break down, and a time to build up; (4) A time to
weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; (5) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather
stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; (6) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to
keep, and a time to cast away; (7) A time to rend, and a time
to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; (8) A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of
war, and a time of peace. (9) What profit hath he that
worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (10) I have
seen the travail, which Elohim hath
given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. (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 Elohim
maketh from the beginning to the end. (12) I know
that there is no good in them, but
for a man to rejoice, and to do good
in his life. (13) And also that every man should eat and drink,
and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is
the gift of Elohim. (14) I know that, whatsoever Elohim
doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from
it: and Elohim doeth it, that men should fear before him. (15) That
which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and Elohim requireth that which is past. (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. (17) I said in mine heart, Elohim
shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. (18) I said in mine heart concerning the estate of
the sons of men, that Elohim
might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. (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. (20) All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and
all turn to dust again. (21) Who knoweth the spirit of
man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the
earth? (22) Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own
works; for that is his portion: for
who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
(I) 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. (2) Wherefore I praised the dead which are already
dead more than the living which are yet alive. (3)
Yea, better is he than both they,
which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the
sun. (4) Again, I considered all travail, and every right
work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (5) The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth
his own flesh. (6) Better is an
handful with quietness, than both the
hands full with travail and vexation
of spirit. (7) Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
(8) There is one alone,
and there is not a second; yea,
he hath neither child nor brother: yet is
there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches;
neither saith he, For whom do I
labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is
also vanity, yea, it is a sore
travail. (9) Two are better
than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. (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. (11) Again, if two lie together, then they have heat:
but how can one be warm alone? (12) And if one prevail against him, two shall
withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (13) Better is a
poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be
admonished. (14) For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas
also he that is born in his kingdom
becometh poor. (15) I considered all the living which walk under the
sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. (16) There is no
end of all the people, even of all
that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and vexation
of spirit.
(I) Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of Elohim, and be more ready to hear, than to give
the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. (2) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine
heart be hasty to utter any thing
before Elohim: for Elohim is in
heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. (3) For a dream cometh through the multitude of
business; and a fool's voice is known by
multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto Elohim,
defer not to pay it; for he hath no
pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. (5) Better is
it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. (6) Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;
neither say thou before the angel, that it was
an error: wherefore should Elohim be
angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? (7) For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou Elohim. (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. (9) Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the
king himself is served by the field. (10) He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied
with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. (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? (12) The sleep of a labouring
man is sweet, whether he eat little
or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. (13) There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. (14) But those riches perish by evil travail: and he
begetteth a son, and there is nothing
in his hand. (15) As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked
shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which
he may carry away in his hand. (16) And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath
he that hath laboured for the wind? (17) All his
days also he eateth in darkness, and he
hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. (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 labour that he taketh under the sun all the
days of his life, which Elohim
giveth him: for it is his portion. (19) Every man also to whom Elohim
hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to
take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of Elohim. (20) For he shall not much remember the days of his
life; because Elohim answereth him in the joy of his heart.
(I) There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: (2) A man to whom Elohim
hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul
of all that he desireth, yet Elohim
giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. (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. (4) For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in
darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. (5) Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the
other. (6) Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not
all go to one place? (7) All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite
is not filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? What
hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is the
sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (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. (11) Seeing
there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? (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?
(I) A good name is better
than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. (2) It is better
to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living
will lay it to his heart. (3) Sorrow is better
than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. (4) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. (5) It is better
to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. (6) For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. (7) Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a
gift destroyeth the heart. (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (9) Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for
anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (10) Say not
thou, What is the cause that the
former days were better than these? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning
this. (11) Wisdom is good
with an inheritance: and by it there is profit
to them that see the sun. (12) For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence:
but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom
giveth life to them that have it. (13) Consider
the work of Elohim: for who can make that straight, which he hath made
crooked? (14) In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the
day of adversity consider: Elohim
also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find
nothing after him. (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. (16) Be not
righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy
thyself? (17) Be not over much wicked, neither be thou
foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? (18) It is good that thou shouldest take hold
of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth Elohim shall come forth of them all. (19) Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten
mighty men which are in the city. (20) For there
is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. (21) Also take no heed unto all words that are
spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22)
for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast
cursed others. (23) All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will
be wise; but it was far from me. (24) That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who
can find it out? (25) I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and
to seek out wisdom, and the reason of
things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: (26) And I find more bitter than death the woman,
whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth Elohim
shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. (27) Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the
account: (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.
(29) Lo, this only have I found, that Elohim hath made man upright; but they have
sought out many inventions.
(I) 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. (2) I counsel
thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of Elohim. (3) Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not
in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. (4) Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? (5) Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil
thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. (6) Because to every purpose there is time and
judgment, therefore the misery of man is great
upon him. (7) For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who
can tell him when it shall be? (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. (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. (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. (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. (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 Elohim,
which fear before him: (13) But it shall not be well
with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his
days, which are as a shadow;
because he feareth not before Elohim. (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. (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 labour the days of his
life, which Elohim giveth him under the
sun. (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:) (17) Then I beheld all the work of Elohim, that a man cannot find out the work that
is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it;
yea farther; though a wise man think
to know it, yet shall he not be able
to find it.
(I) 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 Elohim:
no man knoweth either love or hatred by all
that is before them. (2) All things
come alike to all: there is one
event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to
the 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. (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. (4) For to him that is joined to all the living
there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. (5) For the living know that they shall die: but the
dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of
them is forgotten. (6) Also their love, and their hatred, and their
envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. (7) Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink
thy wine with a merry heart; for Elohim
now accepteth thy works. (8) Let thy garments be always
white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (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 labour which thou takest under the sun. (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. (11) I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race
is not to the swift, nor the battle
to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of
understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to
them all. (12) For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes
that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare;
so are the sons of men snared in an
evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. (13)
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: (14) There was a little city, and few men
within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built
great bulwarks against it: (15) Now there was found in it
a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered
that same poor man. (16) Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not
heard. (17) The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among
fools. (18) Wisdom is better
than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
(I) Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send
forth a stinking savour: so doth a
little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. (2) A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart
at his left. (3) Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the
way, his wisdom faileth him, and he
saith to every one that he is a fool. (4) If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee,
leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. (5) There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: (6)
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. (7) I have seen servants upon horses, and princes
walking as servants upon the earth. (8) He that
diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall
bite him. (9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be
endangered thereby. (10) If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the
edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. (11) Surely
the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. (12) The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool
will swallow up himself. (13) The beginning of the
words of his mouth is foolishness:
and the end of his talk is mischievous
madness. (14) A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell
what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? (15) The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of
them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. (16) Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the
morning! (17) Blessed art
thou, O land, when thy king is the
son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for
drunkenness! (18) By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and
through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. (19) A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh
merry: but money answereth all things.
(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.
(I) Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after
many days. (2) Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for
thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. (3) If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the
tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree
falleth, there it shall be. (4) He that observeth the wind
shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. (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 Elohim who maketh all. (6) In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this
or that, or whether they both shall be alike
good. (7) Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing
it is for the eyes to behold the sun: (8) But if a
man live many years, and rejoice in
them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
All that cometh is vanity. (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 Elohim
will bring thee into judgment. (10) Therefore remove sorrow
from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
(I) 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; (2) While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the
stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: (3) In the day when the 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, (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 music shall be brought low; (5) Also when they
shall be afraid of that which is high,
and fears shall be in the way, and
the almond tree shall 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: (6) Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden
bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken
at the cistern. (7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it
was: and the spirit shall return unto Elohim
who gave it. (8) Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. (9) And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he
still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. (10) The preacher sought to find out acceptable
words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. (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) 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. (13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear Elohim, and keep HIS Commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For Elohim
shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
(I) The Song of Songs, which is
Solomon's. (2) Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for
thy love is better than wine. (3) Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy
name is as ointment poured forth,
therefore do the virgins love thee. (4) Draw me,
we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be
glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright
love thee. (5) I am black,
but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains
of Solomon. (6) Look not upon me, because I am 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. (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? (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. (9) I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of
horses in Pharaoh's chariots. (10) Thy cheeks are comely
with rows of jewels, thy neck with
chains of gold. (11) We will make thee borders of gold with studs of
silver. (12) While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
(13) A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my
breasts. (14) My beloved is
unto me as a cluster of camphire
in the vineyards of Engedi. (15) Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. (16) Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
also our bed is green. (17) The beams of our house are cedar, and our
rafters of fir.
(I) I am the rose of
Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. (2) As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. (3) As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,
so is my beloved among the sons. I
sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. (4) He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner
over me was love. (5) Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:
for I am sick of love. (6) His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. (7) I charge you, O ye 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. (8) The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. (9) My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:
behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing
himself through the lattice. (10) My beloved spake, and
said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. (11) For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (12)
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
(13) The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and
the vines with the tender grape give
a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair
one, and come away. (14) O my dove, that
art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy
voice; for sweet is thy voice, and
thy countenance is comely. (15) Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil
the vines: for our vines have tender
grapes. (16) My beloved is
mine, and I am his: he feedeth
among the lilies. (17) Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,
turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of
Bether.
(I) By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I
sought him, but I found him not. (2) I will
rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will
seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (3) The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul
loveth? (4) It was but
a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held
him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of her that conceived me. (5) 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. (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? (7) Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. (8) They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath
his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. (9) King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood
of Lebanon. (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. (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.
(I) Behold, thou art fair,
my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy
hair is as a flock of goats, that
appear from mount Gilead. (2) Thy teeth are 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. (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) Thy neck is
like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a
thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. (5)
Thy two breasts are like two young
roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (6) Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,
I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. (7) Thou art all
fair, my love; there is no spot in
thee. (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. (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. (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! (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. (12) A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. (13) Thy plants are
an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
(14) Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: (15) A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters,
and streams from Lebanon. (16) 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.
(I) 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. (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. (3) I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I
have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? (4) My
beloved put in his hand by the hole of
the door, and my bowels were moved for him. (5) I
rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with
sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. (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. (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. (8) I charge
you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. (9) What is thy
beloved more than another beloved, O
thou fairest among women? What is thy
beloved more than another beloved,
that thou dost so charge us? (10) My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among
ten thousand. (11) His head is
as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy,
and black as a raven. (12) His eyes are
as the eyes of doves by the
rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly
set. (13) His cheeks are
as a bed of spices, as sweet
flowers: his lips like lilies,
dropping sweet smelling myrrh. (14) His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl:
his belly is as bright ivory overlaid
with sapphires. (15) His legs are
as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. (16) His mouth is
most sweet: yea, he is altogether
lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
(I) Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?
Whither is thy beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with thee. (2) My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the
beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. (3) I am my
beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he
feedeth among the lilies. (4) Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible
as an army with banners. (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) 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. (7) As
a piece of a pomegranate are thy
temples within thy locks. (8) There are threescore
queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. (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. (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? (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. (12) Or ever I was aware, my
soul made me like the chariots of
Amminadib. (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.
(I) 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. (2) Thy navel is
like a round goblet, which wanteth
not liquor: thy belly is like an heap
of wheat set about with lilies. (3) Thy two
breasts are like two young roes that are twins. (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. (5) Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. (6) How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for
delights! (7) This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy
breasts to clusters of grapes. (8) I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I 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; (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. (10) I am my beloved's, and his desire is
toward me. (11) Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the
field; let us lodge in the villages. (12) Let us
get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there
will I give thee my loves. (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.
(I) 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. (2) I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine
of the juice of my pomegranate. (3) His left
hand should be under my head, and his
right hand should embrace me. (4) I charge you, O daughters
of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. (5) Who is this that cometh up from the
wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree:
there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. (6) 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 YAH flame.
(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) We have a little sister, and she hath no
breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken
for? (9) If she be a
wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with
boards of cedar. (10) I am a
wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found
favour. (11) Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out
the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a
thousand pieces of silver. (12) My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:
thou, O Solomon, must have a
thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. (13) Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the
companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. (14) Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a
roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
(I) 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. (2) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for YAHWEH
hath spoken, I have nourished and
brought up children, and they have rebelled against ME. (3) The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his
master's crib: but Israel doth not
know, MY people doth not consider. (4) Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity,
a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken YAHWEH,
they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away
backward. (5) Why should ye be stricken any more? Ye will
revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (6) From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying
sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with
ointment. (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.
(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. (9) Except YAHWEH of hosts had left unto us a very small
remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and
we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (10) Hear The Word of YAHWEH,
ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our Elohim, ye people of Gomorrah. (11) To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto ME? Saith YAHWEH: 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. (12) When ye come to appear
before ME, who hath required this at
your hand, to tread MY courts? (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.
(14) Your new moons and your appointed feasts MY soul hateth: they are a trouble unto
ME; I am weary to bear them. (15) And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide MINE eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of
blood. (16) Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of
your doings from before MINE eyes;
cease to do evil; (17) Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (18) Come now, and let us reason together, saith YAHWEH:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (19) If ye be
willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: (20) But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured
with the sword: for the mouth of YAHWEH hath spoken it. (21) How is the faithful city become an harlot! It
was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. (22) Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with
water: (23) Thy princes are
rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and
followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause
of the widow come unto them. (24) Therefore saith the Sovereign,
YAHWEH
of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I
will ease ME of MINE adversaries, and avenge ME
of MINE enemies: (25) And I
will turn MY hand upon thee, and
purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: (26) And I
will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the
beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the
faithful city. (27) Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her
converts with righteousness. (28) And the destruction of
the transgressors and of the sinners shall
be together, and they that forsake YAHWEH shall be consumed. (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. (30) For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and
as a garden that hath no water. (31) And the
strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both
burn together, and none shall quench them.
(I) The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem. (2) And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the YAHWEH’S
house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted
above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. (3) And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and
let us go up to the mountain of YAHWEH, to the house of the Elohim 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 YAHWEH from Jerusalem. (4) And he shall judge among the nations, and shall
rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more. (5) O house
of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of YAHWEH. (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. (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: (8) Their
land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that
which their own fingers have made: (9) And the
mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive
them not. (10) Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust,
for fear of YAHWEH,
and for the glory of his majesty. (11) The
lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed
down, and YAHWEH
alone shall be exalted in that day. (12) For the
day of YAHWEH
of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon
every one that is lifted up; and he
shall be brought low: (13) And upon all the cedars
of Lebanon, that are high and lifted
up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, (14) And upon
all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, (15) And upon
every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, (16)
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. (17) And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and YAHWEH alone shall be exalted in
that day. (18) And the idols he shall utterly abolish. (19) And they shall go into the holes of the rocks,
and into the caves of the earth, for fear of YAHWEH, and for the glory of his
majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. (20) In that day a man shall cast his idols of
silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; (21) To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the
tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of YAHWEH, and for the glory of his majesty, when he
ariseth to shake terribly the earth. (22) Cease ye
from man, whose breath is in his
nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
(I) For, behold, the Sovereign, YAHWEH of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem
and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole
stay of water. (2) The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge,
and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, (3) The captain of fifty, and the honourable man,
and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (4) And I
will give children to be their
princes, and babes shall rule over them. (5) And the
people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his
neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the
base against the honourable. (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: (7) In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not
be an healer; for in my house is neither
bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. (8) For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen:
because their tongue and their doings are
against YAHWEH,
to provoke the eyes of his glory. (9) The show
of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as
Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto
their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves. (10) Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. (11) Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him: for
the reward of his hands shall be given him. (12) 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. (13) YAHWEH
standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. (14) YAHWEH 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. (15) What mean ye that
ye beat MY people to pieces, and
grind the faces of the poor? Saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts. (16) Moreover YAHWEH 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: (17) Therefore my Sovereign will smite with a scab the crown of the head
of the daughters of Zion, and YAHWEH will discover their secret parts. (18) In that day my Sovereign will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, (19)
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, (20)
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets,
and the earrings, (21) The rings, and nose jewels, (22) The changeable suits of apparel, and the
mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, (23)
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils. (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. (25) Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty
in the war. (26) And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the
ground.
(I) 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. (2) In
that day shall the branch of YAHWEH be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit
of the earth shall be excellent and
comely for them that are escaped of Israel. (3) And it
shall come to pass, that he that is left
in Zion, and he that remaineth in
Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every
one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: (4) When my Sovereign 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. (5) And YAHWEH
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. (6) And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in
the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from
storm and from rain.
(I) 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: (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. (3)
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt ME and MY vineyard. (4) What could have been done
more to MY vineyard, that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth
grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? (5) And now
go to; I will tell you what I will do to MY 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: (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. (7) For the vineyard of YAHWEH 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. (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! (9) In MINE
ears said YAHWEH of hosts, Of a truth many
houses shall be desolate, even great
and fair, without inhabitant. (10) Yea, ten acres of
vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (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! (12) And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and
pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of YAHWEH,
neither consider the operation of his hands. (13)
Therefore MY people are gone into
captivity, because they have no
knowledge: and their honourable men are famished,
and their multitude dried up with thirst. (14)
Therefore 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. (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: (16) But YAHWEH of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and
El
that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. (17) Then shall the lambs feed after their manner,
and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. (18) Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of
vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: (19)
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten
his work, that we may see it: and let
the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! (20) Woe unto
them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light
for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (21) Woe unto them
that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (22) Woe unto them
that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: (23) which justify the wicked for reward, and take
away the righteousness of the righteous from him! (24) Therefore as the fire 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 of YAHWEH of hosts, and despised the word of the
Holy One of Israel. (25) Therefore is the anger of YAHWEH 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. (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: (27) None shall be weary nor
stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of
their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: (28) Whose arrows are
sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like
flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. (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. (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.
Isaiah 6 (I) In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also my Sovereign sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted up, and HIS
train filled the Temple. (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. (3) And one cried unto another, and said, Holy,
holy, holy, is YAHWEH of Hosts: the whole earth is full of HIS glory. (4) And the posts of the door
moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (5) 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, YAHWEH of Hosts. (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: (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. (8) Also I
heard the voice of my Sovereign , saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then
said I, Here am I; send me. (9) And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. (10) Make the heart of this
people fat, and make their ears heavy,
and shut their eyes; lest they see
with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and
convert, and be healed. (11) Then said I, My Sovereign ,
how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man,
and the land be utterly desolate, (12) And YAHWEH have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst
of the land. (13) But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall
return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
(I) 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. (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. (3) Then said YAHWEH 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; (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. (5) Because
Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee,
saying, (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) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. (8) For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be
broken, that it be not a people. (9) And the
head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the
head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If
ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. (10) Moreover YAHWEH spake again unto Ahaz, saying, (11) Ask thee a sign of YAHWEH thy Elohim; ask it either in the
depth, or in the height above. (12) But Ahaz said, I will not
ask, neither will I tempt YAHWEH. (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 Elohim
also? (14) Therefore
my Sovereign
HIMSELF shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear
a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. (15) Butter and honey shall He eat, that He may know
to refuse the evil, and choose the good. (16) For before the child shall know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her
kings. (17) YAHWEH shall bring upon thee, and upon thy
people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that
Ephraim departed from Judah; even the
king of Assyria. (18) And it shall come to pass in that day, that YAHWEH shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers
of Egypt, and for the bee that is in
the land of Assyria. (19) And they shall come, and
shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks,
and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. (20) In the
same day shall my Sovereign 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. (21) And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow,
and two sheep; (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. (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. (24) With
arrows and with bows shall men come
thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. (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.
(I) Moreover YAHWEH said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and
write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. (2) And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record,
Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. (3) And I went unto the prophetess; and she
conceived, and bare a son. Then said YAHWEH to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. (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. (5) YAHWEH
spake also unto me again, saying, (6) Forasmuch
as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in
Rezin and Remaliah's son; (7) Now therefore, behold, my Sovereign 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) 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. (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. (10)
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it
shall not stand: for El is with
us. (11) For YAHWEH spake thus to me with a strong hand, and
instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, (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. (13) Sanctify YAHWEH of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and
let him be your dread. (14) And he shall be for a
sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the
houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (15) And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and
be broken, and be snared, and be taken. (16) Bind up
the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. (17) And I will wait upon YAHWEH,
that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. (18) Behold, I and the children whom YAHWEH
hath given me are for signs and for
wonders in Israel from YAHWEH of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. (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 Elohim? For the living to the dead? (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. (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 Elohim, and look upward. (22) And they shall look unto the earth; and behold
trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
(I) 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. (2) The
people that walked in darkness have seen a great Light: they that dwell in the
land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the Light shined. (3) THOU
hast multiplied the 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. (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. (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. (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 El, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
(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 YAHWEH of hosts will perform this. (8) YAHWEH sent a word into Jacob, and it hath
lighted upon Israel. (9) And all the people shall
know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant
of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, (10) The bricks are fallen down, but we will build
with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. (11) Therefore YAHWEH shall set up the adversaries of Rezin
against him, and join his enemies together; (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. (13) For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth
them, neither do they seek YAHWEH of hosts. (14)
Therefore YAHWEH
will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. (15) The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that
teacheth lies, he is the tail. (16) For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are
destroyed. (17) Therefore my Sovereign 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. (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. (19) Through the wrath of YAHWEH
of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire:
no man shall spare his brother. (20) And he
shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left
hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of
his own arm: (21) Manasseh, 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.
(I) Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that
write grievousness which they have
prescribed; (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! (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? (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. (5) O Assyrian, the rod of MINE anger, and the staff in their hand is MINE indignation. (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. (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. (8)
For he saith, Are not MY princes altogether kings? (9) Is not
Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as
Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? (10) As MY
hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel
them of Jerusalem and of Samaria: (11) Shall I
not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her
idols? (12) Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when my Sovereign 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. (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: (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. (15) Shall the ax 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. (16) Therefore shall the Sovereign, my Sovereign of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness;
and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. (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; (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
standardbearer fainteth. (19) And the rest of the trees
of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. (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 YAHWEH, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (21) The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty El. (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. (23) For my Sovereign YAHWEH of hosts shall make a consumption, even
determined, in the midst of all the land. (24)
Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
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. (25) For yet a very little while, and the indignation
shall cease, and MINE anger in their
destruction. (26) And YAHWEH 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.
(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. (28) He is
come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his
carriages: (29) They are gone over the passage: they have taken
up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. (30) Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause
it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. (31) Madmenah
is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. (32) As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall
shake his hand against the mount of
the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. (33)
Behold, the Sovereign,
YAHWEH
of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty
shall be humbled. (34) And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest
with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
(I) And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: (2) And the
spirit of YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH; (3) And shall
make Him of quick understanding in
the FEAR [properly translated as "REVERENCE"] of YAHWEH: and He
shall not judge after the sight of His eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing of His
ears: (4) But with righteousness [i.e., RIGHTEOUS
JUDGMENT] 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. (5) And righteousness shall be the girdle of his
loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. (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. (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. (8) And the sucking child shall play on the hole of
the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. (9) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all MY holy mountain: for the earth shall
be full of the knowledge of YAHWEH, as the waters cover the sea. (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) And it
shall come to pass in that day, that my
Sovereign
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. (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. (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. (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. (15) And YAHWEH 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. (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.
(I) And in that day thou shalt say, O YAHWEH, I will praise Thee: though Thou wast angry with me, Thine
anger is turned away, and Thou
comfortedst me. (2) Behold, El is my
Salvation;
I will trust, and not be afraid: for YAH YAHWEH is my strength and my song; He also is
become my Salvation.
(3) Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of
the wells of Salvation.
(4) And in that day shall ye say, Praise YAHWEH,
call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make
mention that His name is exalted. (5) Sing unto YAHWEH; for He
hath done excellent things: this is known
in all the earth. (6) Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for
great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of
thee.
(I) The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
(2) Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain,
exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of
the nobles. (3) I have
commanded my sanctified ones, I have
also called MY mighty ones for MINE anger, even them that rejoice in MY
highness. (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: YAHWEH
of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. (5) They come
from a far country, from the end of heaven, even
YAHWEH,
and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. (6) Howl ye; for the day of YAHWEH is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. (7) Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every
man's heart shall melt: (8) And they shall be afraid:
pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman
that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. (9) Behold, the day of YAHWEH cometh, cruel both with
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the
sinners thereof out of it. (10) For the stars of heaven
and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be
darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (11) And I
will punish the world for their evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity; and I
will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the
haughtiness of the terrible. (12) I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the
golden wedge of Ophir. (13) Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of YAHWEH of hosts, and in the day of
his fierce anger. (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. (15) Every
one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. (16) Their children also shall be dashed to pieces
before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (17) Behold, I
will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in
it. (18) Their bows
also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the
fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. (19) And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty
of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when Elohim
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. (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. (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. (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.
(I) For YAHWEH will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet
choose Israel, and set them in their own land [539 BCE]: and the strangers shall be joined with them,
and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. (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 YAHWEH for servants and handmaids: and they shall
take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their
oppressors. (3) And it shall come to pass in the day that YAHWEH
shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou wast made to serve. (4) That thou
shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the
oppressor ceased! The golden city ceased! (5) YAHWEH
hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the
sceptre of the rulers. (6) He who smote the people in
wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is
persecuted, and none hindereth. (7) The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. (8) Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no
feller is come up against us. (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. (10) All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou
also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? (11) Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is
spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. (12)
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations! (13) For thou
hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne
above the stars of El: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: (14) I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (15) Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the
sides of the pit. (16) They that see thee shall narrowly look upon
thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the
earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; (17) That made the world as a wilderness, and
destroyed the cities thereof; that opened
not the house of his prisoners? (18) All the
kings of the nations, even all of
them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. (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. (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. (21) Prepare slaughter for his children for the
iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor
fill the face of the world with cities. (22) For I will rise up against them, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,
saith YAHWEH.
(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 YAHWEH of hosts. (24) YAHWEH
of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I
have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall
it stand: (25) That I
will break the Assyrian 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. (26) This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon
all the nations. (27) For YAHWEH of hosts hath purposed, and who shall
disannul it? And his hand is stretched
out, and who shall turn it back? (28) In the
year that king Ahaz died was this burden. (29) Rejoice
not 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. (30) And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and
the needy shall lie down in safety: and I
will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. (31) Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole
Palestina, art dissolved: for there
shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall
be alone in his appointed times. (32) What
shall one then answer the messengers
of the nation? That YAHWEH hath founded Zion, and the poor of his
people shall trust in it.
(I) 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; (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. (3) In their streets they shall gird themselves with
sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall
howl, weeping abundantly. (4) And Heshbon shall cry, and
Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto
Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be
grievous unto him. (5) My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee 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. (6) For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for
the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. (7) Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and
that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the
willows. (8) For the cry is gone round about the borders of
Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. (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.
(I) Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. (2) For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the
fords of Arnon. (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. (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. (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. (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. (7) Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall
howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. (8) For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the ba’al 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. (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. (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. (11) Wherefore MY
bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and MINE inward parts for Kirharesh. (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. (13) This is the
word that YAHWEH
hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. (14)
But now YAHWEH
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.
(I) The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous
heap. (2) The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and
none shall make them afraid. (3) 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 YAHWEH of hosts. (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. (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. (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 YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel. (7) At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and
his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. (8) And he shall not look to the altars, the work of
his hands, neither shall respect that which
his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. (9) 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. (10) Because thou hast forgotten the Elohim
of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength,
therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange
slips: (11) In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow,
and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a
heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. (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! (13) The nations shall rush like the rushing of many
waters: but YAHWEH shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be
chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing
before the whirlwind. (14) And behold at eveningtide
trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob
us.
(I) Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: (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! (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. (4) For so YAHWEH 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. (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. (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. (7) In that time shall the
present be brought unto YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH
of hosts, the mount Zion.
(I) The burden of Egypt. Behold, YAHWEH 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. (2) And I
will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one
against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. (3) And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst
thereof; and I will destroy the
counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to
them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. (4) And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel sovereign; and a fierce king
shall rule over them, saith the Sovereign, YAHWEH of hosts. (5)
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried
up. (6) And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be
emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. (7) The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of
the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away,
and be no more. (8) The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that
cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the
waters shall languish. (9) Moreover they that work in
fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. (10) And they shall be broken in the purposes
thereof, all that make sluices and ponds
for fish. (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? (12) Where are they? Where are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them
know what YAHWEH
of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. (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. (14) YAHWEH 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. (15) Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
(16) In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and
it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of YAHWEH
of hosts, which he shaketh over it. (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 YAHWEH
of hosts, which he hath determined against it. (18)
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of
Canaan, and swear to YAHWEH of hosts; one shall be called, The city of
destruction. (19) In that day shall there be an altar to YAHWEH
in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to YAHWEH.
(20) And it shall be for a sign and for a witness
unto YAHWEH
of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto YAHWEH because of the oppressors,
and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. (21) And YAHWEH shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians
shall know YAHWEH
in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow
unto YAHWEH,
and perform it. (22) And YAHWEH shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal
it: and they shall return even to YAHWEH, and he shall be entreated
of them, and shall heal them. (23) In that day shall there
be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt,
and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the
Assyrians. (24) In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt
and with Assyria, even a blessing in
the midst of the land: (25) Whom YAHWEH of hosts shall bless,
saying, Blessed be Egypt MY people, and Assyria the work of MY hands, and Israel MINE inheritance.
(I) In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod (when Sargon the
king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; (2) At the same time spake YAHWEH 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. (3) And YAHWEH said, Like as MY servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and
upon Ethiopia; (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. (5) And they
shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their
glory. (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?
(I) The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the
south pass through; so it cometh from
the desert, from a terrible land. (2) A
grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all
the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (3) Therefore
are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a
woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. (4) My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the
night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (5) Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat,
drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint
the shield. (6) For thus hath my Sovereign said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth. (7) And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of
asses, and a chariot of camels; and
he hearkened diligently with much heed: (8) And he
cried, A lion: My sovereign, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the
daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: (9)
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with
a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is
fallen; and all the graven images of her elohim he hath broken unto the ground.
(10) O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that
which I have heard of YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, have I declared
unto you. (11) The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of
Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? (12) The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also
the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. (13) The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia
shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. (14) The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought
water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. (15) For they fled from the swords, from the drawn
sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. (16) For thus hath my Sovereign said unto me, Within a year, according to the
years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: (17) And the residue of the number of archers, the
mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for YAHWEH Elohim of Israel hath spoken it.
(I) The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now,
that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? (2)
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor
dead in battle. (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. (4) Therefore said I, Look away from me: I will weep
bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of
my people. (5) For it is a
day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by my Sovereign YAHWEH of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking
down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. (6)
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. (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. (8) And he discovered the covering of Judah, and
thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. (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. (10) And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. (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. (12) And in that day did my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with
sackcloth: (13) And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and
killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to
morrow we shall die. (14) And it was revealed in
mine ears by YAHWEH
of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH of hosts. (15) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even
unto Shebna, which is over the
house, and say, (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? (17) Behold, YAHWEH will carry thee away with a mighty
captivity, and will surely cover thee. (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
sovereign’s house. (19) And I
will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. (20) And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call MY servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: (21) And I
will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his
hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the
House of Judah. (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. (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. (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. (25) In that day, saith YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH
hath spoken it.
(I) 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. (2) Be still, ye inhabitants
of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have
replenished. (3) And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the
harvest of the river, is her revenue;
and she is a mart of nations. (4) Be thou ashamed, O Zidon:
for the sea hath spoken, even the
strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither
do I nourish up young men, nor bring
up virgins. (5) As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the
report of Tyre. (6) Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants
of the isle. (7) Is this
your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her own feet shall
carry her afar off to sojourn. (8) Who hath taken this
counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose
merchants are princes, whose
traffickers are the honourable of the
earth? (9) YAHWEH of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the
pride of all glory, and to bring into
contempt all the honourable of the earth. (10) Pass
through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. (11) He
stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: YAHWEH
hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. (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. (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. (14) Howl, ye
ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. (15) And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre
shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the
end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. (16) Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot
that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest
be remembered. (17) And it shall come to pass after the end of
seventy years, that YAHWEH 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. (18) And her merchandise and her hire shall be
holiness to YAHWEH:
it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them
that dwell before YAHWEH, to eat sufficiently, and for durable
clothing.
(I) Behold, YAHWEH maketh the earth empty, and maketh it
waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof. (2) And it shall be, as with the people, so with the
priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her
mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with
the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly
spoiled: for YAHWEH
hath spoken this word. (4) The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of
the earth do languish. (5) The earth also is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed
the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. (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. (7) The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all
the merryhearted do sigh. (8) The mirth of tabrets
ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. (9) They shall not drink wine with a song; strong
drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. (10)
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may
come in. (11) There is a
crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is
gone. (12) In the city is left desolation, and the gate is
smitten with destruction. (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. (14) They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing
for the majesty of YAHWEH, they shall cry aloud from the sea. (15) Wherefore glorify ye YAHWEH in the fires, even the name of YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel in the isles of the sea. (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. (17) Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the
earth. (18) And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the
pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the
snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth
do shake. (19) The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is
clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. (20)
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a
cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall,
and not rise again. (21) And it shall come to pass in that day, that YAHWEH shall punish the host of the
high ones that are on high, and the
kings of the earth upon the earth. (22) And they
shall be gathered together, as prisoners
are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many
days shall they be visited. (23) Then the moon shall be
confounded, and the sun ashamed, when YAHWEH of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in
Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
(I) O YAHWEH, thou art
my Elohim;
I will exalt thee, I will praise THY
name; for THOU hast done
wonderful things; thy counsels of old
are faithfulness and truth. (2) For thou hast made of a
city an heap; of a defenced city a
ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. (3) Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee,
the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. (4) For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a
strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from
the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the
wall. (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. (6) And in this mountain shall YAHWEH 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. (7)
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all
people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. (8) He will swallow up death in victory; and my Sovereign YAHWEH will wipe away tears from off all faces;
and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for YAHWEH
hath spoken it. (9) And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our Elohim; we have waited for him, and
he will save us: this is YAHWEH;
we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. (10) For in this mountain shall the hand of YAHWEH
rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down
for the dunghill. (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. (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.
(I) In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We
have a strong city; salvation will YAHWEH appoint for walls and bulwarks. (2) Open ye
the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. (3) THOU
wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because
he trusteth in thee. (4) Trust ye in YAHWEH
for ever: for in YAH, YAHWEH is everlasting strength: (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. (6) The foot shall tread it
down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. (7) The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the
just. (8) Yea, in the way of THY judgments, O YAHWEH, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to THY name, and to
the remembrance of thee. (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. (10) Let
favour be showed 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 YAHWEH. (11) YAHWEH,
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. (12) YAHWEH, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou
also hast wrought all our works in us. (13) O YAHWEH
our Elohim,
other sovereign beside thee have had
dominion over us: but by thee only
will we make mention of THY name. (14) They are dead,
they shall not live; they are deceased,
they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made
all their memory to perish. (15) THOU hast increased the nation, O YAHWEH, thou hast increased the
nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends
of the earth. (16) YAHWEH, in trouble have they visited thee, they
poured out a prayer when thy
chastening was upon them. (17) Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we
been in thy sight, O YAHWEH. (18) We have
been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind;
we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants
of the world fallen. (19) Thy dead 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. (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. (21) For,
behold, YAHWEH
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.
(I) In that day YAHWEH 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. (2) In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red
wine. (3) I YAHWEH
do keep it; I will water it every
moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (4) Fury is not
in ME: who would set the briers and thorns against ME in battle? I would go
through them, I would burn them
together. (5) Or let him take hold of MY strength, that he may
make peace with ME; and he shall make peace with ME. (6) He shall
cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and
fill the face of the world with fruit. (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? (8) In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt
debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. (9) By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be
purged; and this is all the fruit to
take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones
that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. (10) Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the
habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and
there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. (11) When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall
be broken off: the women 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 show them no favour. (12)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that
YAHWEH
shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye
shall be gathered one by one, O ye Children of Israel. (13) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great 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 YAHWEH in the holy mount at
Jerusalem.
(I) 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! (2)
Behold, my Sovereign
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. (3) The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
shall be trodden under feet: (4) And the glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the fat
valley, shall be a fading flower, and as
the hasty fruit before the summer; which when
he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
(5) In that day shall YAHWEH of hosts be for a crown of
glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, (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. (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. (8) For all tables are full of
vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. (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. (10) For precept must
be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here
a little, and there a little: (11) for with stammering lips and another tongue will
he speak to this people. (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. (13) But The
Word of YAHWEH was unto them precept upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go,
and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. (14) Wherefore hear The Word of YAHWEH, ye scornful
men, that rule this people which is in
Jerusalem. (15) Because ye have said, We have made a covenant
with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge
shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our
refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: (16) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
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. (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. (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. (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. (20) For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than
that he can wrap himself in it. (21) For YAHWEH 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. (22) Now therefore
be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from my Sovereign YAHWEH of hosts a consumption, even determined
upon the whole earth. (23) Give ye ear, and hear my
voice; hearken, and hear my speech. (24) Doth the
plowman plow all day to sow? Doth he open and break the clods of his ground? (25) When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth
he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the
principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? (26) For his Elohim doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. (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) 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. (29) This also cometh forth from YAHWEH of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
(I) Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. (2) Yet I
will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be
unto ME as Ariel. (3) And I
will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a
mount, and I will raise forts
against thee. (4) And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and
thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that
hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of
the dust. (5) Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be
like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant
suddenly. (6) Thou
shalt be visited of YAHWEH of hosts with
thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the
flame of devouring fire. (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. (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. (9) Stay
yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with strong drink. (10) For YAHWEH 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. (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: (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. (13) Wherefore my Sovereign said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far
from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the precept of men: (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. (15) Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their
counsel from YAHWEH,
and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? And who knoweth
us? (16) Surely your turning of things upside down shall
be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it,
He made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no
understanding? (17) Is it
not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? (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. (19) The meek also shall increase their joy in YAHWEH, and the poor among men
shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (20) For the
terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that
watch for iniquity are cut off: (21) That
make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in
the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. (22) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH, who redeemed Abraham,
concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall
his face now wax pale. (23) But when he seeth his
children, the work of MINE hands, in
the midst of him, they shall sanctify MY
name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the Elohim
of Israel. (24) They also that erred in spirit shall come to
understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
(I) Woe to the rebellious children, saith YAHWEH, that take counsel, but not
of ME; and that cover with a
covering, but not of MY spirit, that
they may add sin to sin: (2) That walk to go down into
Egypt, and have not asked at MY
mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the
shadow of Egypt! (3) Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your
shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your
confusion. (4) For his princes were at Zoan, and his
ambassadors came to Hanes. (5) They were all ashamed of a
people that could not profit them,
nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. (6) The burden of the beasts of the south: into the
land of trouble and anguish, from whence come
the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry
their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the
bunches of camels, to a people that shall
not profit them. (7) For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no
purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. (8) Now go, write it before them in a table, and
note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: (9) That this is
a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the Law
of YAHWEH: (10)
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us
right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: (11) Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the
path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. (12) Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel,
Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and
stay thereon: (13) Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a
breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh
suddenly at an instant. (14) And he shall break it as
the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not
spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take
fire from the hearth, or to take water withal
out of the pit. (15) For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness
and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. (16) But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses;
therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they
that pursue you be swift. (17) One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the
rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a
mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. (18) And
therefore will YAHWEH
wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that
he may have mercy upon you: for YAHWEH is an
Elohim
of judgment: blessed are all they
that wait for him. (19) For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem:
thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy
cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. (20)
And though my Sovereign give you the bread of adversity, and the
water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any
more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: (21)
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when
ye turn to the left. (22) Ye shall defile also the
covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images
of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto
it, Get thee hence. (23) Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that
thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and
it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large
pastures. (24) The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear
the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel
and with the fan. (25) And there shall be upon every high mountain, and
upon every high hill, rivers and streams
of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (26) Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the
light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of
seven days, in the day that YAHWEH bindeth up the breach of his people, and
healeth the stroke of their wound. (27) Behold,
the name of YAHWEH
cometh from far, burning with his
anger, and the burden thereof is heavy:
his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: (28) And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall
reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity:
and there shall be a bridle in the
jaws of the people, causing them to err.
(29) Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and
gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of YAHWEH,
to the mighty One of Israel. (30) And YAHWEH shall cause his glorious
voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the
indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and
hailstones. (31) For through the voice of YAHWEH shall the Assyrian be beaten
down, which smote with a rod. (32) And in every
place where the grounded staff shall pass, which YAHWEH shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and
in battles of shaking will he fight with it. (33)
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea,
for the king it is prepared; he hath made it
deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of YAHWEH,
like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
(I) Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on
horses, and trust in chariots, because they
are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not
unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek YAHWEH! (2) Yet he
also is wise, and will bring evil,
and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the
evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. (3) Now the Egyptians are men, and not El; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When YAHWEH
shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is
holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. (4) For thus hath YAHWEH spoken unto me, Like as the
lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is
called forth against him, he will not
be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall YAHWEH
of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. (5) As birds flying, so will YAHWEH of hosts defend Jerusalem;
defending also he will deliver it; and passing
over he will preserve it. (6) Turn ye unto him from whom the Children of Israel
have deeply revolted. (7) For in that day every man
shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own
hands have made unto you for a sin. (8) Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not
of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he
shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. (9) And he shall pass over to his strong hold for
fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith YAHWEH, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in
Jerusalem.
(I) Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes
shall rule in judgment. (2) And a man shall be as an
hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water
in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (3) And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim,
and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. (4)
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. (5) The vile
person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. (6) For the vile person will
speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to
utter error against YAHWEH, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and
he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. (7)
The instruments also of the churl are evil:
he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the
needy speaketh right. (8) But the liberal deviseth
liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. (9) Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my
voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. (10) Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye
careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. (11) Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled,
ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
(12) They shall lament for the teats, for the
pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. (13) Upon the
land of my people shall come up thorns and
briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in
the joyous city: (14) Because the palaces shall
be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers
shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; (15) Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a
forest. (16) Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and
righteousness remain in the fruitful field. (17) And the
work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness
and assurance for ever. (18) And my people shall dwell
in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; (19) when it shall hail, coming down on the forest;
and the city shall be low in a low place. (20) Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that
send forth thither the feet of the ox
and the ass.
(I) Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not
treacherously with thee! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled;
and when thou shalt make an end to
deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. (2) O YAHWEH, be gracious unto us; we have waited for
thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of
trouble. (3) At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at
the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. (4) And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar:
as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. (5) YAHWEH is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he
hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. (6) And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability
of thy times, and strength of
salvation: the fear of YAHWEH is his
treasure. (7) Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without:
the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. (8)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,
he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. (9) The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel
shake off their fruits. (10) Now will I
rise, saith YAHWEH;
now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. (11) Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth
stubble: your breath, as fire, shall
devour you. (12) And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns
cut up shall they be burned in the fire. (13) Hear, ye
that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge MY might. (14) The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath
surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who
among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? (15)
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain
of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth
his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; (16) He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread
shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
(17) Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty:
they shall behold the land that is very far off. (18)
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is
the scribe? Where is the
receiver? Where is he that counted
the towers? (19) Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of
a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. (20) Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities:
thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of
the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords
thereof be broken. (21) But there the glorious YAHWEH will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall
gallant ship pass thereby. (22) For YAHWEH is our judge, YAHWEH is our
lawgiver, YAHWEH
is our king; he will save us. (23) Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well
strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a
great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. (24)
And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
(I) Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let
the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come
forth of it. (2) For the indignation of YAHWEH is upon all nations, and his fury
upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them
to the slaughter. (3) Their slain also shall be cast out, and their
stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted
with their blood. (4) And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and
the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall
down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. (5) For MY
sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and
upon the people of MY curse, to
judgment. (6) The sword of
YAHWEH is filled with blood, it is made fat
with fatness, and with the blood of
lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for YAHWEH hath a sacrifice in Bozrah,
and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. (7)
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls;
and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with
fatness. (8) For it is the
day of the YAHWEH’S
vengeance, and the year of recompenses
for the controversy of Zion. (9) And the streams thereof
shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land
thereof shall become burning pitch. (10) It shall
not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from
generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for
ever and ever. (11) But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess
it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon
it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. (12) They shall call the nobles thereof to the
kingdom, but none shall be there, and
all her princes shall be nothing. (13) And
thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses
thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. (14) The wild
beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and
the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and
find for herself a place of rest. (15) There
shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her
shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. (16) Seek ye out of the book of YAHWEH, and read: no one of these
shall fail, none shall want her mate: for MY
mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. (17) And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand
hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from
generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
(I) The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for
them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. (2) It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even
with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the
excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of YAHWEH,
and the excellency of our Elohim.
(3) Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the
feeble knees. (4) Say to them that
are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your Elohim will
come with vengeance, even Elohim
with a recompense; he will come and
save you. (5) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and
the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. (6) Then
shall the lame man leap as an hart,
and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out,
and streams in the desert. (7) And the parched ground
shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation
of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass
with reeds and rushes. (8) And an highway shall be
there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall
not pass over it; but it shall be for
those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. (9) No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall go up
thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: (10)
And the ransomed of YAHWEH shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and
sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
(I) Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah,
that Sennacherib king of Assyria came
up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. (2) And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from
Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the
conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. (3) Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son,
which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the
recorder. (4) And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to
Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? (5) I say, sayest
thou, (but they are but vain
words) I have counsel and strength
for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? (6) Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken
reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it:
so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all
that trust in him. (7) But if thou say to me, We trust in YAHWEH
our Elohim:
is it not he, whose high places and
whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye
shall worship before this altar? (8) Now
therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I
will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders
upon them. (9) How then wilt thou turn away the face of one
captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for
chariots and for horsemen? (10) And am I now come up
without YAHWEH
against this land to destroy it? YAHWEH said unto me, Go up against this land, and
destroy it. (11) Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto
Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we
understand it; and speak not to us in
the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. (12) But Rabshakeh said, Hath
my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their
own dung, and drink their own piss with you? (13)
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and
said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. (14) Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive
you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. (15)
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in YAHWEH, saying, YAHWEH will surely deliver us: this
city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. (16) 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
eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every
one the waters of his own cistern; (17) Until I
come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a
land of bread and vineyards. (18) Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, YAHWEH will deliver us. Hath any of
the elohim of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of
Assyria? (19) Where are the
elohim of Hamath and Arphad? Where are the
elohim of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? (20) Who are
they among all the elohim of these lands, that have delivered their land
out of my hand, that YAHWEH should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? (21) But they held their peace, and answered him not
a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. (22) Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the
words of Rabshakeh.
(I) 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 YAHWEH. (2) And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of
the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. (3) And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah,
This day is a day of trouble, and of
rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. (4) It may be YAHWEH thy
Elohim will hear the words of Rabshakeh,
whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living Elohim,
and will reprove the words which YAHWEH thy
Elohim hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
(5) So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
(6) And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say
unto your master, Thus saith YAHWEH, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast
heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed ME. (7) Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he
shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. (8) So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of
Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from
Lachish. (9) And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of
Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah,
saying, (10) Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,
saying, Let not thy Elohim, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee,
saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. (11) Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of
Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be
delivered? (12) Have the elohim of the nations delivered them
which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan,
and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? (13) Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of
Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? (14) And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand
of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of YAHWEH,
and spread it before YAHWEH. (15) And
Hezekiah prayed unto YAHWEH, saying, (16) O
YAHWEH
of hosts, Elohim
of Israel, that dwellest between the
cherubims, thou art the Elohim,
even thou alone, of all the kingdoms
of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. (17)
Incline thine ear, O YAHWEH, and hear; open thine eyes, O YAHWEH,
and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the
living Elohim.
(18) Of a truth, YAHWEH, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all
the nations, and their countries. (19) And have
cast their elohim into the fire: for they were
no elohim, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have
destroyed them. (20) Now therefore, O YAHWEH our Elohim, save us from his hand, that
all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art YAHWEH,
even thou only. (21) Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah,
saying, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to ME
against Sennacherib king of Assyria: (22) This is the word which YAHWEH 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. (23) 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. (24) By thy servants hast thou
reproached my Sovereign
, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height
of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars
thereof, and the choice fir trees
thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. (25) I have
digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the
rivers of the besieged places. (26) 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 defenced cities into ruinous heaps. (27)
Therefore their inhabitants were of
small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as
the green herb, as the grass on
the housetops, and as corn blasted
before it be grown up. (28) But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against ME. (29) Because thy rage against ME, and thy tumult, is come up into MINE ears, therefore will I
put MY hook in thy nose, and MY bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by
which thou camest. (30) And this shall
be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this
year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of
the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
the fruit thereof. (31) And the remnant that is escaped of the House of
Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: (32) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant,
and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of YAHWEH of hosts shall do this. (33) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH concerning the king of
Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come
before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. (34) By the way that he came, by the same shall he
return, and shall not come into this city, saith YAHWEH. (35) For I
will defend this city to save it for MINE
own sake, and for MY servant
David's sake. (36) Then the angel of YAHWEH went forth, and smote in the
camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they
arose early in the morning, behold, they were
all dead corpses. (37) So Sennacherib king of
Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. (38) And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in
the house of Nisroch his elohim, 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.
(I) In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith YAHWEH,
Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. (2) Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall,
and prayed unto YAHWEH,
(3) And said, Remember now, O YAHWEH, I beseech thee, how I have
walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore. (4) Then came The
Word of YAHWEH to Isaiah, saying, (5) Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of David thy father, I have heard
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:
behold, I will add unto thy days
fifteen years. (6) And I
will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. (7) And this shall
be a sign unto thee from YAHWEH, that YAHWEH will do this thing that he hath spoken; (8) Behold, I
will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial
of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which
degrees it was gone down. (9) The writing of Hezekiah
king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: (10) I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go
to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. (11) I said, I shall not see YAH , even YAH , in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more
with the inhabitants of the world. (12) Mine age
is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a
weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of
me. (13) I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of
me. (14) Like a crane or
a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O YAHWEH,
I am oppressed; undertake for me. (15) What
shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in
the bitterness of my soul. (16) O my Sovereign , by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt
thou recover me, and make me to live. (17) Behold,
for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:
for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. (18)
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not
celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (19) The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as
I do this day: the father to the
children shall make known thy truth. (20) YAHWEH was ready to save me: therefore we will
sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house
of YAHWEH.
(21) For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of
figs, and lay it for a plaster upon
the boil, and he shall recover. (22) Hezekiah
also had said, What is the sign that
I shall go up to the house of YAHWEH?
(I) At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had
been sick, and was recovered. (2) And Hezekiah was glad of
them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the
gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his
armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his
house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. (3) Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah,
and said unto him, What said these men? And from whence came they unto thee?
And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. (4) Then said he, What have they seen in thine
house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is
in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I
have not showed them. (5) Then said Isaiah to
Hezekiah, Hear The Word of YAHWEH of hosts: (6)
Behold, the days come, that all that is in
thine house, and that which thy
fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon:
nothing shall be left, saith YAHWEH. (7) 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. (8) Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is The
Word of YAHWEH which thou hast spoken. He
said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
(I) Comfort ye, comfort ye MY
people, saith your Elohim. (2) Speak ye
comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,
that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of YAHWEH’S hand double for all her
sins. (3) The voice
of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of YAHWEH, make straight in the desert a highway for our
Elohim. (4) Every
valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
(6) The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I
cry? All flesh is grass, and all the
goodliness thereof is as the flower
of the field: (7) The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because
the spirit of YAHWEH
bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
(8) The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the
word of our Elohim
shall stand for ever. (9) O Zion, that bringest good
tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good
tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your Elohim!
(10) Behold, my Sovereign YAHWEH
will come with strong hand, and HIS Arm [Messiah] shall rule for HIM: behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. (11) He shall
feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are
with young. (12) Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of
his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the
earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a
balance? (13) Who hath directed the Spirit of YAHWEH,
or being his counsellor hath taught
him? (14) With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in
the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of
understanding? (15) Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the
balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. (16) And Lebanon is
not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt
offering. (17) All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and
vanity. (18) To whom then will ye liken El? Or what likeness will ye
compare unto him? (19) The workman melteth a graven image, and the
goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. (20) He that is
so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a
cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that
shall not be moved. (21) Have ye not known? Have
ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not
understood from the foundations of the earth? (22) It is he that sitteth upon the circle of
the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are
as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and
spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (23) That
bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. (24) Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall
not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall
also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them
away as stubble. (25) To whom then will ye liken ME, or shall I be equal?
Saith the Holy One. (26) Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath
created these things, that bringeth
out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his
might, for that he is strong in
power; not one faileth. (27) Why sayest thou, O Jacob,
and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from YAHWEH, and my judgment is passed over from my Elohim?
(28) Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting Elohim,
YAHWEH,
the Creator
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. (29) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength. (30) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and
the young men shall utterly fall: (31) But they
that wait upon YAHWEH
shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
(I) Keep silence before ME,
O islands; and let the people renew their
strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near
together to judgment. (2) Who raised up the
righteous man from the east, called
him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them
as the dust to his sword, and as
driven stubble to his bow. (3) He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he
had not gone with his feet. (4) Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning?
I YAHWEH, the first, and with the last; I am HE. (5) The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and
came. (6) They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of
good courage. (7) So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the
anvil, saying, It is ready for the
soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that
it should not be moved. (8) But thou, Israel, art MY
servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,
the seed of Abraham MY friend. (9) THOU whom I have taken from
the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said
unto thee, Thou art MY servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee
away. (10) Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not
dismayed; for I am thy Elohim: I
will strengthen thee; yea, I will
help thee; yea, I will uphold thee
with the right hand of MY
righteousness. (11) Behold, all they that were incensed against thee
shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive
with thee shall perish. (12) Thou shalt seek them, and
shalt not find them, even them that
contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a
thing of nought. (13) For I
YAHWEH
thy Elohim
will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. (14) Fear not, thou worm
Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith YAHWEH,
and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (15) Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing
instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as
chaff. (16) Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry
them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in YAHWEH,
and shalt glory in the Holy One of
Israel. (17) When the
poor and needy seek water, and there is none,
and their tongue faileth for thirst, I YAHWEH will hear them, I the Elohim of Israel will not forsake them. (18) I
will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of
water, and the dry land springs of water. (19) I will plant in the wilderness the
cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: (20) That they may see, and know, and consider, and
understand together, that the hand of YAHWEH hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel
hath created it. (21) Produce your cause, saith YAHWEH; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. (22) Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former
things, what they be, that we may
consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to
come. (23) Show the things that are to come hereafter, that
we may know that ye are elohim: yea,
do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. (24) Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought:
an abomination is he that chooseth
you. (25) I
have raised up one from the north,
and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon MY name: and he shall come upon princes
as upon mortar, and as the potter
treadeth clay. (26) Who hath declared from the beginning, that we
may know? And beforetime, that we may say, He
is righteous? Yea, there is none
that showeth, yea, there is none that
declareth, yea, there is none that
heareth your words. (27) The first shall
say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I
will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. (28) For I
beheld, and there was no man; even
among them, and there was no
counsellor, that, when I asked of
them, could answer a word. (29) Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
(I) Behold MY
servant, whom I uphold; MINE elect, in whom MY soul
delighteth; I have put MY spirit upon him: he shall bring
forth judgment to the Gentiles. (2) He shall
not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. (3) A bruised reed shall he not break, and the
smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. (4) He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (5) Thus saith El YAHWEH, he that created the heavens, and
stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out
of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that
walk therein: (6) I YAHWEH
have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep
thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; (7) To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them
that sit in darkness out of the prison house. (8) I am YAHWEH:
that is MY name: and MY glory will I not give to another, neither MY
praise to graven images. (9) Behold, the former things
are come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I
tell you of them. (10) Sing unto YAHWEH a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea,
and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. (11) Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift
up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the
inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. (12) Let them give glory unto YAHWEH, and declare his praise in
the islands. (13) YAHWEH shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall
stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail
against his enemies. (14) I have long time holden MY
peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I
will destroy and devour at once. (15) I will make waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs; and I
will make the rivers islands, and I
will dry up the pools. (16) And I will bring the blind by a way that
they knew not; I will lead them
in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (17) They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly
ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our elohim. (18) Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may
see. (19) Who is blind,
but MY servant? Or deaf, as MY messenger that I sent? Who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the YAHWEH’S servant? (20) Seeing many things, but thou observest not;
opening the ears, but he heareth not. (21) YAHWEH
is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. (22) But this is
a people robbed and spoiled; they are
all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are
for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. (23) Who among you will give ear to this? Who will hearken and hear for the time to
come? (24) Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the
robbers? Did not YAHWEH, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not
walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. (25) Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of
his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about,
yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
(I) But now thus saith YAHWEH that created thee, O Jacob, and he that
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I
have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art MINE.
(2) When thou passest through the waters, I will
be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when
thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the
flame kindle upon thee. (3) For I am YAHWEH thy Elohim, the Holy One of Israel,
thy Saviour:
I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. (4) Since thou wast precious in MY sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. (5) Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west; (6) I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back:
bring MY sons from far, and MY daughters from the ends of the
earth; (7) Even every
one that is called by MY name: for I have created him for MY glory, I have formed him; yea, I
have made him. (8) Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and
the deaf that have ears. (9) Let all the nations be
gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare
this, and show us former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses, that
they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. (10) Ye are MY witnesses, saith YAHWEH,
and MY servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and
believe ME, and understand that I am
he: before ME there was no El
formed, neither shall there be after ME.
(11) I, even I, am YAHWEH;
and beside ME there is no Saviour. (12) I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange el among you: therefore ye are MY
witnesses, saith YAHWEH, that I am El. (13) Yea,
before the day was I am
he; and there is none that can
deliver out of MY hand: I will work, and who shall let it? (14) Thus saith YAHWEH, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
For your sake I have sent to
Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. (15) I am YAHWEH, your Holy One, the creator of Israel,
your King. (16) Thus saith YAHWEH, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path
in the mighty waters; (17) Which bringeth forth the
chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they
shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. (18) Remember ye not the former things, neither
consider the things of old. (19) Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall
spring forth; shall ye not know it? I
will even make a way in the wilderness, and
rivers in the desert. (20) The beast of the field
shall honour ME, the dragons and the
owls: because I give waters in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to MY people, MY chosen. (21) This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth MY praise. (22) But thou hast not called
upon ME, O Jacob; but thou hast been
weary of ME, O Israel. (23) Thou hast not brought ME the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou
honoured ME with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an
offering, nor wearied thee with incense. (24) Thou
hast bought ME no sweet cane with
money, neither hast thou filled ME
with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made ME to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied ME with thine iniquities. (25) I, even
I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for MINE own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (26) Put ME
in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be
justified. (27) Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers
have transgressed against ME. (28) Therefore I
have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse,
and Israel to reproaches.
(I) Yet now hear, O Jacob MY
servant; and Israel, whom I have
chosen: (2) Thus saith YAHWEH that made thee, and formed thee from the
womb, which will help thee; Fear not,
O Jacob, MY servant; and thou,
Jesurun, whom I have chosen. (3) For I
will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour MY spirit upon thy seed, and MY
blessing upon thine offspring: (4) And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the
water courses. (5) One shall say, I am YAHWEH’S;
and another shall call himself by the
name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with
his hand unto YAHWEH, and surname himself by the name of Israel. (6) Thus
saith YAHWEH
the King of Israel, and his redeemer YAHWEH of hosts; I am the first, and I am
the last; and beside ME there is no Elohim. (7) And who, as I,
shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for ME, since I appointed
the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and shall come, let them
show unto them. (8) Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told
thee from that time, and have declared it?
Ye are even MY witnesses.
Is there an elowahh beside ME? Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any. (9) They that
make a graven image are all of them
vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not,
nor know; that they may be ashamed. (10) Who hath
formed a el, or molten a graven image that
is profitable for nothing? (11) Behold, all his fellows
shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are
of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. (12) The smith with the tongs both worketh in the
coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his
arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is
faint. (13) The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;
he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh
it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may
remain in the house. (14) He heweth him down
cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself
among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. (15) Then
shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea,
he kindleth it, and baketh bread;
yea, he maketh a el, and worshippeth it; he
maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. (16) He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part
thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I
have seen the fire: (17) And the residue thereof he maketh a el, even his graven image: he falleth down
unto it, and worshippeth it, and
prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my el. (18) They have not known nor
understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot
understand. (19) And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to
say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon
the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? Shall I
fall down to the stock of a tree? (20) He
feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot
deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not
a lie in my right hand? (21) Remember these, O Jacob
and Israel; for thou art MY servant: I have formed thee; thou art MY servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be
forgotten of ME. (22) I
have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy
sins: return unto ME; for I have redeemed thee. (23) Sing, O ye heavens; for YAHWEH hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth:
break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for YAHWEH
hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. (24) Thus saith YAHWEH, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee
from the womb, I am YAHWEH that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth
abroad the earth by myself; (25) That frustrateth the
tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge
foolish; (26) That confirmeth the word of his servant, and
performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt
be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places
thereof: (27) That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: (28) That saith of Cyrus, He is MY shepherd, and
shall perform all MY pleasure: even
saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation
shall be laid.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right
hand I have holden, to subdue
nations before him; and I will loose
the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
shall not be shut; (2) I
will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the
bars of iron: (3) And I
will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,
that thou mayest know that I, YAHWEH,
which call thee by thy name, am the Elohim of Israel. (4) For Jacob MY
servant's sake, and Israel MINE
elect, I have even called thee by
thy name: I have surnamed thee,
though thou hast not known ME. (5) I am YAHWEH, and there
is none else, there is no elohim
beside ME: I girded thee, though thou hast not known ME: (6) That they may know from the rising of the sun,
and from the west, that there is none
beside ME. I am YAHWEH, and there is none else. (7) I
form the light, and create darkness: I
make peace, and create evil: I YAHWEH
do all these things. (8) Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the
skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth
salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I YAHWEH
have created it. (9) Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him
that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands? (10) Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth? (11) Thus
saith YAHWEH,
the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask ME
of things to come concerning MY
sons, and concerning the work of MY
hands command ye ME. (12) I
have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even MY hands, have stretched out the
heavens, and all their host have I
commanded. (13) I
have raised him up in righteousness, and I
will direct all his ways: he shall build MY
city, and he shall let go MY
captives, not for price nor reward, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (14)
Thus saith YAHWEH,
The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of
stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come
after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee,
they shall make supplication unto thee, saying,
Surely El
is in thee; and there is none else, there is no
Elohim.
(15) Verily thou art
a El
that hidest thyself, O Elohim of Israel, the Saviour. (16) They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all
of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. (17) But Israel shall be saved in YAHWEH
with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world
without end. (18) For thus saith YAHWEH that created the heavens; Elohim HIMSELF
that formed the earth and made it; HE
hath established it, HE created it
not in vain, HE formed it to be
inhabited: I am YAHWEH;
and there is none else. (19) I
have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye ME in vain: I YAHWEH
speak righteousness, I declare
things that are right. (20) Assemble yourselves and
come; draw near together, ye that are escaped
of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven
image, and pray unto a el that cannot
save. (21) Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared
this from ancient time? Who hath told
it from that time? Have not I YAHWEH? And there
is no Elohim
else beside ME; a just El and
a Saviour;
there is none beside ME. (22) Look
unto ME, and be ye saved, all the
ends of the earth: for I am El, and there
is none else. (23) I
have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of MY mouth in righteousness,
and shall not return, That unto ME every
knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. (24)
Surely, shall one say, in YAHWEH
have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (25) In YAHWEH shall all the seed of Israel be justified,
and shall glory.
(I) Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the
beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were
heavy loaden; they are a burden
to the weary beast. (2) They stoop, they bow down together; they could
not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. (3) Hearken unto ME, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the House of Israel,
which are borne by ME from the belly, which are carried from the womb: (4) And even to
your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
(5) To whom will ye liken ME, and make ME equal, and compare ME,
that we may be like? (6) They lavish gold out of
the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and
hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a el: they fall down, yea, they worship.
(7) They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him,
and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove:
yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can
he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (8)
Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. (9) Remember the former things of old: for I am
El,
and there is none else; I am Elohim, and there
is none like ME, (10) Declaring the end from the beginning, and from
ancient times the things that are not
yet done, saying, My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all MY pleasure: (11) Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man
that executeth MY counsel from a far
country: yea, I have spoken it, I
will also bring it to pass; I have
purposed it, I will also do it. (12) Hearken unto ME, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: (13) I
bring near MY righteousness: it
shall not be far off, and MY
salvation shall not tarry: and I
will place salvation in Zion for Israel MY
glory.
(I) Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon,
sit on the ground: there is no
throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender
and delicate. (2) Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy
locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (3) Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame
shall be seen: I will take
vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (4) As for our
redeemer, YAHWEH
of hosts is his name, the Holy One of
Israel. (5) Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O
daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of
kingdoms. (6) I was
wroth with MY people, I have polluted MINE inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst show
them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (7) And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst
remember the latter end of it. (8) Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that
dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: (9) But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of
children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the
multitude of thy sorceries, and for
the great abundance of thine enchantments. (10) For thou
hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and
thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. (11) Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt
not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt
not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. (12) Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the
multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be
thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. (13) Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels.
Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up,
and save thee from these things that
shall come upon thee. (14) Behold, they shall be as
stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the
power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. (15) Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast
laboured, even thy merchants, from
thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
(I) Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name
of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the
name of YAHWEH,
and make mention of the Elohim of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. (2) For they call themselves of the holy city, and
stay themselves upon the Elohim of Israel; YAHWEH of hosts is his name. (3) I
have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of MY mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. (4) Because I
knew that thou art obstinate, and thy
neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow
brass; (5) I
have even from the beginning declared it to
thee; before it came to pass I
showed it thee: lest thou shouldest
say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath
commanded them. (6) Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye
declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things,
and thou didst not know them. (7) They are created now, and
not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest
thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew
them. (8) Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not;
yea, from that time that thine ear
was not opened: for I knew that thou
wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
(9) For MY
name’s sake will I defer MINE anger, and for MY praise will I refrain for thee, that I
cut thee not off. (10) Behold, I
have refined thee, but not with silver; I
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (11)
For MINE own sake, even for MINE own sake, will I do
it: for how should MY
name be polluted? And I will not give MY glory unto another. (12) Hearken
unto ME, O Jacob and Israel, MY called; I am he; I am
the first, I also am the last. (13) Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the
earth, and MY right hand hath
spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up
together. (14) All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which
among them hath declared these things?
YAHWEH
hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. (15) I, even I, have spoken; yea, I
have called him: I have brought him,
and he shall make his way prosperous. (16) Come ye
near unto ME, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the
beginning; from the time that it was, there am
I: and now my Sovereign YAHWEH, and his Spirit, hath sent me. (17) Thus saith YAHWEH, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am YAHWEH
thy Elohim
which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. (18) O that thou hadst hearkened to MY Commandments! Then had thy peace
been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: (19) Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the
offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been
cut off nor destroyed from before me. (20) Go ye
forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare
ye, tell this, utter it even to the
end of the earth; say ye, YAHWEH hath redeemed his servant Jacob. (21) And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow
out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. (22) There is no
peace, saith YAHWEH,
unto the wicked.
(I) Listen, O isles, unto ME;
and hearken, ye people, from far; YAHWEH hath called Me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention
of MY name. (2) And he hath made My mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid Me; (3) And said unto Me, Thou art MY servant, O Israel, in Whom I will be glorified. (4) Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I
have spent My strength for nought,
and in vain: yet surely My judgment is with YAHWEH, and My
work with My Elohim. (5) And now, saith YAHWEH that formed Me from the womb to be HIS servant,
to bring Jacob again to HIM, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of YAHWEH,
and My Elohim shall be My strength. (6) And HE
said, It is a light thing that Thou
shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore
the preserved of Israel: I will also
give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be MY salvation unto
the end of the earth. (7) Thus saith YAHWEH,
the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy
One, to Him Whom man despiseth, to Him
Whom the nation abhorreth, to a
servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship,
because of YAHWEH
that is faithful, and the Holy One of
Israel, and HE shall choose Thee. (8)
Thus saith YAHWEH,
In an acceptable time have I heard Thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped Thee: and I will
preserve Thee, and give Thee for a covenant of the people, to
establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; (9) That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth;
to them that are in darkness, Show
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. (10) They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall
the heat nor sun smite them: for He
that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall He guide them. (11) And I
will make all MY mountains a way,
and MY highways shall be exalted. (12) Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo,
these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. (13) Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and
break forth into singing, O mountains: for YAHWEH hath comforted HIS people, and will have mercy upon HIS afflicted. (14) But Zion said, YAHWEH
hath forsaken ME, and my Sovereign hath forgotten ME. (15) Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she
should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet
will I not forget thee. (16) Behold, I have graven
thee upon the palms of my hands; thy
walls are continually before ME. (17) Thy
children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall
go forth of thee. (18) Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all
these gather themselves together, and come
to thee. As I live, saith YAHWEH, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them
all, as with an ornament, and bind them on
thee, as a bride doeth. (19) For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the
land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the
inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. (20) The children which thou shalt have, after thou
hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me
that I may dwell. (21) Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath
begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive,
and removing to and fro? And who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left
alone; these, where had they been? (22)
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, Behold, I will lift up MINE hand
to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy
sons in their arms, and thy daughters
shall be carried upon their shoulders.
(23) And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and
their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up
the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH: for they shall not be
ashamed that wait for me. (24) Shall the prey be taken
from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? (25) But thus saith YAHWEH, Even the captives of the
mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered:
for I will contend with him that
contendeth with thee, and I will
save thy children. (26) And I
will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be
drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that
I YAHWEH am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of
Jacob.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH, Where is
the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? Or which of MY
creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your
iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother
put away. (2) Wherefore, when I came, was there no man?
When I called, was there none to answer? Is MY
hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at MY rebuke I dry up the
sea, I make the rivers a wilderness:
their fish stinketh, because there is no
water, and dieth for thirst. (3) I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (4) My
Sovereign
YAHWEH hath given me the tongue of the
learned, that I should know how to
speak a word in season to him that is weary:
HE wakeneth morning by morning, HE wakeneth mine ear to hear as the
learned. (5) My Sovereign YAHWEH
hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. (6) I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to
them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (7) For my Sovereign YAHWEH
will help me; therefore shall I not
be confounded: therefore have I set
me face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. (8) HE is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? Let us stand
together: who is mine adversary? Let
him come near to me. (9) Behold, my Sovereign YAHWEH will help me; who is he that shall condemn
me? Lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. (10) Who is among
you that feareth YAHWEH, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him
trust in the name of YAHWEH, and stay upon his Elohim. (11) Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in
the light of your fire, and in the sparks that
ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in
sorrow.
(I) Hearken to ME, ye
that follow after righteousness, ye that seek YAHWEH: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of
the pit whence ye are digged. (2) Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. (3) For YAHWEH shall comfort Zion: HE will comfort all her waste places; and HE will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the
garden of YAHWEH;
joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
(4) Hearken unto ME, MY people; and give
ear unto ME, O MY nation: for a law shall proceed from ME, and I will make MY judgment to rest for a light of the
people. (5) My righteousness is near; MY salvation is
gone forth, and MINE arms shall
judge the people; the isles shall wait upon ME, and on MINE arm
shall they trust. (6) Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon
the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth
shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like
manner: but MY salvation shall be
for ever, and MY righteousness shall
not be abolished. (7) Hearken unto ME, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is MY
law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. (8) For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,
and the worm shall eat them like wool: but MY
righteousness shall be for ever, and MY
salvation from generation to generation. (9) Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of YAHWEH; awake, as in the ancient days, in the
generations of old. Art thou not it
that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon? (10) Art thou
not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made
the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? (11) Therefore the redeemed of YAHWEH shall return, and come with
singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall
be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
(12) I, even I, am he that comforteth
you: who art thou, that thou
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall
die, and of the son of man which shall
be made as grass; (13) And forgettest YAHWEH thy maker, that hath
stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast
feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he
were ready to destroy? And where is the
fury of the oppressor? (14) The captive exile
hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor
that his bread should fail. (15) But I am YAHWEH thy Elohim, that divided the sea,
whose waves roared: YAHWEH of hosts is his name. (16) And I have put MY words in
thy mouth, and I have covered thee
in the shadow of MINE hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art MY people. (17) Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast
drunk at the hand of YAHWEH the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the
dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung
them out. (18) There is none
to guide her among all the sons whom she
hath brought forth; neither is there any that
taketh her by the hand of all the sons that
she hath brought up. (19) These two things are come unto thee; who shall be
sorry for thee? Desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by
whom shall I comfort thee? (20) Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of
all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of YAHWEH,
the rebuke of thy Elohim. (21)
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: (22) Thus saith thy Sovereign YAHWEH, and thy Elohim that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of MY fury; thou shalt no more drink it
again: (23) But I
will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy
soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground,
and as the street, to them that went over.
(I) Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no
more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. (2) Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself
from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. (3) For thus saith YAHWEH, Ye have sold yourselves for
nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. (4)
For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian
oppressed them without cause. (5) Now therefore, what have I here, saith YAHWEH, that MY people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them make
them to howl, saith YAHWEH; and MY
name continually every day is blasphemed.
(6) Therefore MY
people shall know MY name: therefore
they shall know in that day that I am
he that doth speak: behold, it is I. (7) How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth
salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy Elohim reigneth! (8)
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing:
for they shall see eye to eye, when YAHWEH shall bring again Zion. (9) Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste
places of Jerusalem: for YAHWEH hath comforted his people, he hath
redeemed Jerusalem. (10) YAHWEH hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of
all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our Elohim.
(11) Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence,
touch no unclean thing; go ye out of
the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of YAHWEH. (12) For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by
flight: for YAHWEH
will go before you; and the Elohim of Israel will be your rearguard. (13) Behold, MY servant shall deal prudently, he
shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. (14)
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and
his form more than the sons of men: (15) So shall
he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall
they see; and that which they had not
heard shall they consider.
(I) Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the Arm of YAHWEH
revealed? (2) For He
shall grow up before HIM as a tender
plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He
hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty
that we should desire Him. (3) He is
despised and rejected of men; a Man
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised,
and we esteemed Him not. (4) Surely He
hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of Elohim,
and afflicted. (5) But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. (6) All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and YAHWEH
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
all. (7) He was
oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought
as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. (8) He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the
living: for the transgression of MY people
was He stricken. (9) And He
made His grave with the wicked, and
with the rich in His death; because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth. (10) Yet it pleased YAHWEH to
bruise Him; HE hath put Him to grief: when THOU shalt
make His soul [life] an
offering for sin, HE shall see HIS seed, HE shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of YAHWEH shall
prosper in His hand. (11) HE shall
see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall MY righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities. (12) Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors;
and He bare the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors.
(I) Sing, O barren, thou that
didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for
more are the children of the desolate
than the children of the married wife, saith YAHWEH. (2) Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords,
and strengthen thy stakes; (3) For thou shalt break forth
on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and
make the desolate cities to be inhabited. (4) Fear not;
for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not
be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not
remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. (5)
For thy Maker is thine husband; YAHWEH
of hosts is his name; and thy
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The Elohim of the whole earth shall he be called. (6) For YAHWEH hath called thee as a woman forsaken and
grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy Elohim.
(7) For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. (8) In a little wrath I hid MY face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith YAHWEH
thy Redeemer. (9) For this is
as the waters of Noah unto ME:
for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the
earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor
rebuke thee. (10) For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be
removed; but MY kindness shall not
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of MY peace be removed, saith YAHWEH that hath mercy on thee. (11) O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair
colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. (12)
And I will make thy windows of
agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (13) And all thy children shall be taught of YAHWEH; and great shall be the peace of thy children. (14)
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression;
for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. (15) Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by ME: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy
sake. (16) Behold, I
have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth
forth an instrument for his work; and I
have created the waster to destroy. (17) No
weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment
thou shalt condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of YAHWEH, and their righteousness is of ME, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he
that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price. (2) Wherefore do ye spend
money for that which is not bread? And
your labour for that which satisfieth
not? Hearken diligently unto ME, and
eat ye that which is good, and let
your soul delight itself in fatness. (3) Incline
your ear, and come unto ME: hear,
and your soul shall live; and I will
make an everlasting covenant with you, even
the sure mercies of David. (4) Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. (5) Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because
of YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. (6) Seek ye YAHWEH while he may be found, call ye upon him
while he is near: (7) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto YAHWEH, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our Elohim,
for he will abundantly pardon. (8) For MY thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways MY
ways, saith YAHWEH. (9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher
than your ways, and MY thoughts than your thoughts. (10) For as the rain cometh
down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the
earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower,
and bread to the eater: (11) So shall MY word be that goeth forth out of MY mouth: it shall not
return unto ME void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it. (12) For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth
with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. (13) Instead of the thorn
shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree: and it shall be to YAHWEH for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for MY salvation is near to come, and MY
righteousness to be revealed. (2) Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any
evil. (3) Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath
joined himself to YAHWEH, speak, saying, YAHWEH hath utterly separated me from
his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. (4) For thus saith YAHWEH
unto the eunuchs that keep MY Sabbaths,
and choose the things that please ME, and take hold of MY Covenant; (5) Even unto them will I give in MINE house and
within MY walls a place and a name
better than of sons and of daughters: I
will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. (6) Also the sons of the stranger, that join
themselves to YAHWEH,
to serve him, and to love the name of YAHWEH, to be his servants, every one that
keepeth the Sabbath from polluting
it, and taketh hold of MY Covenant; (7) Even them will I bring to MY holy
mountain, and make them joyful in MY
house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon MINE altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. (8) My Sovereign YAHWEH
which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him,
beside those that are gathered unto him. (9) All ye
beasts of the field, come to devour, yea,
all ye beasts in the forest. (10) His
watchmen are blind: they are all
ignorant, they are all dumb dogs,
they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. (11) Yea, they
are greedy dogs which can never
have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to
their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. (12) Come ye, say
they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and
to morrow shall be as this day, and much
more abundant.
(I) The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that
the righteous is taken away from the evil to
come. (2) He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in
their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. (3) But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress,
the seed of the adulterer and the whore. (4) Against
whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a
seed of falsehood, (5) Enflaming yourselves with idols under every
green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? (6) Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy
portion; they, they are thy lot: even
to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering.
Should I receive comfort in these? (7) Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy
bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. (8) Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou
set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy
bed, and made thee a covenant with
them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. (9) And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and
didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst
debase thyself even unto hell. (10) Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope:
thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. (11) And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared,
that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered ME, nor laid it to thy
heart? Have not I held MY peace even of old, and thou fearest ME not? (12) I will declare thy righteousness, and
thy works; for they shall not profit thee. (13) When
thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all
away; vanity shall take them: but he
that putteth his trust in ME shall
possess the land, and shall inherit MY
holy mountain; (14) And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare
the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of MY people. (15) For thus saith the high
and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the
high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite
ones. (16) For I
will not contend for ever, neither will I
be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before ME, and the souls which I have made. (17) For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid ME, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his
heart. (18) I
have seen his ways, and will heal him: I
will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. (19) I
create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him
that is near, saith YAHWEH; and I
will heal him. (20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast
up mire and dirt. (21) There is no
peace, saith my Elohim,
to the wicked.
(I) Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and
show MY people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins. (2) Yet they
seek ME daily, and delight to know MY ways, as a nation that did
righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their Elohim: they ask of ME the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to Elohim. (3) Wherefore
have we fasted, say they, and thou
seest not? Wherefore have we
afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your
fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. (4) Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to
smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. (5) Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under
him? Wilt thou call this a fast,
and an acceptable day to YAHWEH? (6) Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and
that ye break every yoke? (7) Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? (8) Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go
before thee; the glory of YAHWEH shall be thy rearguard. (9) Then shalt thou call, and YAHWEH shall answer; thou shalt
cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of
thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; (10) And if thou
draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy
light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be
as the noon day: (11) And YAHWEH shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt
be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. (12) And they
that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up
the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of
the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. (13)
If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath,
from doing thy pleasure on MY holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of YAHWEH,
honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine
own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
(14) Then shalt thou delight thyself in YAHWEH;
and I will cause thee to ride upon
the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy
father: for the mouth of YAHWEH hath spoken it.
(I) Behold, YAHWEH’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot
save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: (2) But your iniquities have separated between you
and your Elohim,
and your sins have hid his face from
you, that he will not hear. (3) For your hands are defiled
with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your
tongue hath muttered perverseness. (4) None
calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth
for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and
bring forth iniquity. (5) They hatch cockatrice'
eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that
which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (6) Their
webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their
works: their works are works of
iniquity, and the act of violence is in
their hands. (7) Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to
shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts
of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in
their paths. (8) The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings:
they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know
peace. (9) Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth
justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. (10) We grope for the wall like the blind, and we
grope as if we had no eyes: we
stumble at noon day as in the night; we
are in desolate places as dead men.
(11) We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like
doves: we look for judgment, but there is
none; for salvation, but it is
far off from us. (12) For our transgressions are multiplied before
thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; (13)
In transgressing and lying against YAHWEH, and departing away from our Elohim,
speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of
falsehood. (14) And judgment is turned away backward, and
justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot
enter. (15) Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and YAHWEH
saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. (16) And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto
him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. (17)
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon
his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. (18) According to their
deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to
his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. (19) So shall they fear the name of YAHWEH
from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall
come in like a flood, the Spirit of YAHWEH shall lift up a standard against him. (20) And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto
them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith YAHWEH. (21) As for ME,
this is MY Covenant with them, saith YAHWEH; My spirit that is upon thee, and MY
words which I have put in thy mouth,
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of
the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith YAHWEH, from henceforth and for ever.
(I) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of YAHWEH
is risen upon thee. (2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the people: but YAHWEH shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall
be seen upon thee. (3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and
kings to the brightness of thy rising. (4) Lift up
thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come
to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. (5)
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be
enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the
forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. (6)
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah;
all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they
shall show forth the praises of YAHWEH. (7) All the
flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth
shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on MINE altar, and I will glorify the
house of MY glory. (8) Who are these
that fly as a cloud, and as the doves
to their windows? (9) Surely the isles shall wait for ME, and the ships of Tarshish first, to
bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name
of YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. (10) And the sons of strangers shall build up thy
walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in MY wrath I smote thee, but in MY
favour have I had mercy on thee. (11)
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor
night; that men may bring unto thee
the forces of the Gentiles, and that their
kings may be brought. (12) For the nation and kingdom that will not serve
thee shall perish; yea, those nations
shall be utterly wasted. (13) The glory of Lebanon
shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to
beautify the place of MY sanctuary;
and I will make the place of MY feet
glorious. (14) The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall
come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves
down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of YAHWEH,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (15) Whereas
thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal
excellency, a joy of many generations. (16) Thou
shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings:
and thou shalt know that I YAHWEH am thy
Saviour
and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. (17) For
brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass,
and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors
righteousness. (18) Violence shall no more be heard in thy land,
wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (19) The sun
shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give
light unto thee: but YAHWEH shall be unto thee an everlasting light,
and thy Elohim
thy glory. (20) Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy
moon withdraw itself: for YAHWEH shall be thine everlasting light, and the
days of thy mourning shall be ended. (21) Thy
people also shall be all righteous:
they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of MY planting, the work of MY
hands, that I may be glorified. (22) A little
one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I YAHWEH
will hasten it in his time.
(I) Behold MY
Servant, whom I uphold; MINE Elect,
in whom MY soul delighteth; I
have put MY spirit upon Him: He
shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. (2) He
shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause His voice to be heard in the
street. (3) A bruised reed shall He not break, and
the smoking flax shall He not quench: He shall bring forth
judgment unto truth. (4) He shall not fail
nor be discouraged, till He have set judgment in the earth: and the
isles shall wait for His law. (5) Thus
saith El
YAHWEH,
He that created the heavens, and stretched them out; He that
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; He that giveth
breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: (6) I YAHWEH
have called Thee in righteousness, and will hold Thine hand, and
will keep Thee, and give Thee for a covenant of the people, for a
light of the Gentiles; (7) To open the blind eyes, to
bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. (8) I am YAHWEH: that is
MY name: and MY glory will I not give to another, neither MY praise to graven images. (9) And their seed shall be known among the
Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the
seed which YAHWEH hath blessed. (10) I
will greatly rejoice in YAHWEH, My
soul shall be joyful in My Elohim;
for HE hath clothed Me with the garments of salvation, HE
hath covered Me with the robe of
Righteousness, as a Bridegroom decketh himself
with ornaments, and as a Bride adorneth herself
with her jewels. (11) For as the earth bringeth
forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to
spring forth; so My Sovereign YAHWEH will cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth before all the nations.
(I) For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as
brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. (2) And the Gentiles shall see
thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new
name, which the mouth of YAHWEH shall name. (3)
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of YAHWEH, and a royal diadem in the
hand of thy Elohim.
(4) Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither
shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah,
and thy land Beulah: for YAHWEH delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be
married. (5) For as a
young man marrieth a virgin, so shall
thy sons marry thee: and as the
bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall
thy Elohim
rejoice over thee. (6) I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
which shall never hold their peace
day nor night: ye that make mention of YAHWEH, keep not silence. (7) And give him no rest, till he establish, and
till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (8) YAHWEH
hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no
more give thy corn to be meat for
thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the
which thou hast laboured: (9) But they that have
gathered it shall eat it and praise YAHWEH; and they that have brought it together
shall drink it in the courts of MY
holiness. (10) Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the
way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up
a standard for the people. (11) Behold, YAHWEH
hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. (12) And they shall call them, The holy people, The
redeemed of YAHWEH:
and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
(I) Who is this that
cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his
strength? I that speak in
righteousness, mighty to save. (2) Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy
garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? (3) I have trodden the winepress alone; and
of the people there was none with Me: for I will tread them in MINE
anger, and trample them in MY fury;
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon MY
garments, and I will stain all MY raiment. (4) For the day of vengeance is in MINE heart, and
the year of MY redeemed is come. (5) And I
looked, and there was none to help;
and I wondered that there was none to
uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and MY fury, it upheld me. (6) And I
will tread down the people in MINE anger,
and make them drunk in MY fury, and I will bring down their strength to
the earth. (7) I will mention the lovingkindnesses of YAHWEH,
and the praises of YAHWEH,
according to all that YAHWEH hath bestowed on us, and the great
goodness toward the House of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. (8) For he said, Surely they are MY people, children that will not lie: so HE was their Saviour. (9) In all their affliction he was afflicted, and
the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed
them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (10) But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit:
therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and
he fought against them. (11) Then he remembered the
days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his
flock? Where is he that put his Holy
Spirit within him? (12) That led them
by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before
them, to make himself an everlasting name? (13) That led
them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? (14) As a
beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of YAHWEH caused him to rest: so didst
thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. (15) Look down from heaven, and behold from the
habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy
mercies toward me? Are they restrained? (16)
Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O YAHWEH,
art our father, our redeemer; THY name is from everlasting. (17) O YAHWEH,
why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and
hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes
of thine inheritance. (18) The people of thy
holiness have possessed it but a
little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. (19) We are thine:
thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by THY name.
(I) Oh that THOU
wouldest rend the heavens, that THOU
wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at THY presence. (2) As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil,
to make THY name known to THINE adversaries, that the nations may tremble at THY presence! (3) When THOU didst terrible things which
we looked not for, THOU camest
down, the mountains flowed down at THY
presence. (4) For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the
ear, neither hath the eye seen, O Elohim, beside THEE, what HE hath prepared for him that waiteth for
HIM. (5) THOU meetest him that rejoiceth and
worketh righteousness, those that remember
THEE in THY ways: behold, THOU
art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. (6) But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do
fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (7) And there
is none that calleth upon THY name,
that stirreth up himself to take hold of THEE:
for thou hast hid THY face from us,
and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. (8)
But now, O YAHWEH,
THOU art our father; we are the
clay, and THOU our potter; and we
all are the work of THY hand. (9) Be not wroth very sore, O YAHWEH, neither remember iniquity
for ever: behold, see, we beseech THEE,
we are all THY people. (10) THY holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a
desolation. (11) Our holy and our beautiful house, where our
fathers praised THEE, is burned up
with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. (12) Wilt THOU
refrain THYSELF for these things, O YAHWEH? Wilt THOU hold THY peace, and
afflict us very sore?
(I) I am sought of them that asked not for ME; I am found of them that sought ME not: I said, Behold ME, behold ME, unto a nation that was
not called by MY name. (2) I
have spread out MY hands all the day
unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; (3) A people that provoketh ME to anger continually to MY
face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; (4) Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the
monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; (5) Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to
me; for I am holier than thou. These are a
smoke in MY nose, a fire that
burneth all the day. (6) Behold, it is written before ME: I will not keep silence, but will
recompense, even recompense into their bosom, (7)
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith YAHWEH,
which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed ME upon the hills: therefore will I
measure their former work into their bosom. (8) Thus
saith YAHWEH,
As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for MY
servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. (9) And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and
out of Judah an inheritor of MY
mountains: and MINE elect shall
inherit it, and MY servants shall
dwell there. (10) And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the
valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for MY people that have sought ME.
(11) But ye are
they that forsake YAHWEH, that forget MY holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that
furnish the drink offering unto that number. (12)
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the
slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not
hear; but did evil before MINE eyes,
and did choose that wherein I
delighted not. (13) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
Behold, MY servants shall eat, but
ye shall be hungry: behold, MY
servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, MY servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: (14) Behold, MY
servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and
shall howl for vexation of spirit. (15) And ye
shall leave your name for a curse unto MY
chosen: for my Sovereign
YAHWEH shall slay thee, and call his
servants by another name: (16) That he who blesseth
himself in the earth shall bless himself in the Elohim of truth; and he that
sweareth in the earth shall swear by the Elohim of truth; because the former troubles are
forgotten, and because they are hid from MINE
eyes. (17) For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind. (18) But be
ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which
I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her
people a joy. (19) And I
will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in MY
people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice
of crying. (20) There shall be no more thence an infant of days,
nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an
hundred years old; but the sinner being an
hundred years old shall be accursed. (21) And they
shall build houses, and inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. (22) They shall not build, and another inhabit; they
shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of MY people, and MINE
elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. (23)
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of YAHWEH,
and their offspring with them. (24) And it shall come to
pass, that before they call, I will
answer; and while they are yet speaking, I
will hear. (25) The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and
the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
MY holy mountain, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH, The
heaven is MY throne, and the earth is MY footstool: where is the house that ye build unto ME? And
where is the place of MY rest? (2)
For all those things hath MINE hand made, and all those things have been, saith YAHWEH:
but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor
and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at MY
word. (3) He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that
offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's
blood; he that burneth incense, as if he
blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul
delighteth in their abominations. (4) I also will choose their delusions, and
will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before MINE eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. (5) Hear The Word of YAHWEH, ye that tremble
at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for MY name’s sake, said, Let YAHWEH
be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. (6) A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the
temple, a voice of YAHWEH that rendereth recompense to his enemies. (7) Before she travailed, she brought forth; before
her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. (8)
Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made
to bring forth in one day? Or shall a
nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her
children. (9) Shall I
bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? Saith YAHWEH: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? Saith thy Elohim.
(10) Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her,
all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: (11) That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the
breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory. (12) For thus saith YAHWEH,
Behold, I will extend peace to her
like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall
ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides,
and be dandled upon her knees. (13) As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be
comforted in Jerusalem. (14) And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your
bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of YAHWEH shall be known toward his
servants, and his indignation toward
his enemies. (15) For, behold, YAHWEH will come with fire, and
with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his
rebuke with flames of fire. (16) For by fire and by his
sword will YAHWEH
plead with all flesh: and the slain of YAHWEH shall be many. (17) They that sanctify themselves, and purify
themselves in the gardens behind one tree
in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse,
shall be consumed together, saith YAHWEH. (18) For I know
their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see
MY glory. (19) And I
will set a sign among them, and I
will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the
isles afar off, that have not heard MY
fame, neither have seen MY glory;
and they shall declare MY glory
among the Gentiles. (20) And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto YAHWEH
out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon
mules, and upon swift beasts, to MY
holy mountain Jerusalem, saith YAHWEH, as the Children of Israel bring an
offering in a clean vessel into the house of YAHWEH. (21) And I
will also take of them for priests and for
Levites, saith YAHWEH.
(22) For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before ME, saith YAHWEH, so shall your seed and your
name remain. (23) And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh
come to worship before ME, saith YAHWEH.
(24) And they shall go forth, and look upon the
carcases of the men that have transgressed against ME: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be
quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
(I) words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of
Benjamin: (2) To whom The
Word of YAHWEH came in the days of Josiah
the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. (3) It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of
Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth
month. (4) Then The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (5) Before I
formed thee in the belly I knew
thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations. (6) Then said I, Ah, my Sovereign YAHWEH!
Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a
child. (7) But YAHWEH said unto me, Say not, I am
a child: for thou shalt go to all that I
shall send thee, and whatsoever I
command thee thou shalt speak. (8) Be not afraid of their
faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith YAHWEH. (9) Then YAHWEH put forth his hand, and touched my mouth.
And YAHWEH
said unto me, Behold, I have put MY words in thy mouth. (10) See, I
have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and
to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (11) Moreover The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. (12) Then said YAHWEH unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten MY word to perform it. (13) And The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a
seething pot; and the face thereof is toward
the north. (14) Then YAHWEH said unto me, Out of the north an evil
shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (15) For, lo, I
will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith YAHWEH;
and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of
the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and
against all the cities of Judah. (16) And I will utter MY judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have
forsaken ME, and have burned incense
unto other elohim, and worshipped the works of their own hands. (17) Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and
speak unto them all that I command
thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I
confound thee before them. (18) For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced
city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the
kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and
against the people of the land. (19) And they
shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am
with thee, saith YAHWEH, to deliver thee.
(I) Moreover The Word of YAHWEH came to me, saying, (2) Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying,
Thus saith YAHWEH;
I remember thee, the kindness of thy
youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after ME in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. (3) Israel was
holiness unto YAHWEH, and
the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil
shall come upon them, saith YAHWEH. (4) Hear ye The Word of YAHWEH,
O house of Jacob, and all the families of the House of Israel: (5) Thus saith YAHWEH, What iniquity have your fathers found in ME, that they are gone far from ME, and have walked after vanity, and
are become vain? (6) Neither said they, Where is YAHWEH
that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the
wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought,
and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and
where no man dwelt? (7) And I
brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness
thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled MY
land, and made MINE heritage an
abomination. (8) The priests said not, Where is YAHWEH?
And they that handle the law knew ME
not: the pastors also transgressed against ME,
and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. (9) Wherefore
I will yet plead with you, saith YAHWEH,
and with your children's children will I
plead. (10) For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and
send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. (11) Hath a nation changed their elohim, which are yet
no elohim? But MY people have
changed their glory for that which doth
not profit. (12) Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be
horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith YAHWEH. (13) For MY
people have committed two evils; they have forsaken ME the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no
water. (14) Is Israel
a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he spoiled? (15) The young lions roared
upon him, and yelled, and they made
his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. (16) Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have
broken the crown of thy head. (17) Hast thou not procured
this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken YAHWEH thy Elohim, when he led thee by the
way? (18) And now what hast thou to do in the way of
Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? Or what hast thou to do in the way of
Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? (19) Thine
own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee:
know therefore and see that it is an
evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken YAHWEH
thy Elohim,
and that MY fear is not in thee, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH of hosts. (20)
For of old time I have broken thy
yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou
saidst, I will not transgress; when
upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the
harlot. (21) Yet I
had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned
into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto ME? (22) For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take
thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is
marked before ME, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (23) How
canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? See thy way in
the valley, know what thou hast done: thou
art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; (24) A
wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth
up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? All they
that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. (25) Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy
throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved
strangers, and after them will I go. (26) As the
thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the House of Israel ashamed; they,
their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, (27) Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they
have turned their back unto ME, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise,
and save us. (28) But where are
thy elohim that thou hast made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee
in the time of thy trouble: for according
to the number of thy cities are thy elohim, O Judah. (29) Wherefore will ye plead with ME? Ye all have transgressed against ME, saith YAHWEH. (30) In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own
sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. (31) O generation, see ye The Word of YAHWEH. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? A land
of darkness? Wherefore say my people, We are wandering restlessly; we will come
no more unto thee? (32) Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet MY people have forgotten ME days without number. (33) Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love?
Therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. (34) Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the
souls of the poor innocents: I have
not found it by secret search, but upon all these. (35) Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely
his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I
will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (36) Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy
way? Thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. (37) Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine
hands upon thine head: for YAHWEH hath rejected thy confidences, and thou
shalt not prosper in them.
(I) They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him,
and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Shall not that land
be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet
return again to ME, saith YAHWEH.
(2) Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see
where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the
Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms
and with thy wickedness. (3) Therefore the showers have
been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's
forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. (4) Wilt thou
not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? (5) Will he
reserve his anger for ever? Will he
keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast
spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. (6) YAHWEH
said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done?
She is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there
hath played the harlot. (7) And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto ME.
But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. (8) And I
saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I
had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister
Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. (9) And it came to pass through the lightness of her
whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and
with stocks. (10) And yet for all this her treacherous sister
Judah hath not turned unto ME with
her whole heart, but feignedly, saith YAHWEH. (11) And YAHWEH
said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than
treacherous Judah. (12) Go and proclaim these words toward the north,
and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith YAHWEH; and I will not cause MINE anger to fall upon you: for I am
merciful, saith YAHWEH, and
I will not keep anger for ever. (13) Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast
transgressed against YAHWEH thy
Elohim, and hast scattered thy ways to the
strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed MY voice, saith YAHWEH. (14) Turn, O
backsliding children, saith YAHWEH; for I
am married unto you: and I will take
you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: (15) And I will give you pastors according to MINE heart, which shall feed you with
knowledge and understanding. (16) And it shall come to
pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith YAHWEH,
they shall say no more, The Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH: neither shall it come to
mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. (17) At that
time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of YAHWEH; and all the nations shall
be gathered unto it, to the name of YAHWEH, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any
more after the imagination of their evil heart. (18)
In those days the House of Judah shall walk with the House of Israel, and they
shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto
your fathers. (19) But I said, How shall I put thee among the
children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of
nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away
from me. (20) Surely as a
wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously
with ME, O House of Israel, saith YAHWEH.
(21) A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the Children of
Israel: for they have perverted their way, and
they have forgotten YAHWEH their Elohim. (22) Return,
ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold,
we come unto thee; for thou art YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(23) Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in YAHWEH our Elohim is the salvation of Israel. (24) For
shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and
their herds, their sons and their daughters. (25)
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned
against YAHWEH
our Elohim,
we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the
voice of YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(I) If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith YAHWEH, return unto ME: and if thou wilt put away thine
abominations out of MY sight, then
shalt thou not remove. (2) And thou shalt swear, YAHWEH
liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall
bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. (3) For thus saith YAHWEH to the men of Judah and
Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. (4) Circumcise yourselves to YAHWEH, and take away the foreskins
of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest MY fury come forth like fire, and burn
that none can quench it, because of
the evil of your doings. (5) Declare ye in Judah, and
publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather
together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
(6) Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay
not: for I will bring evil from the
north, and a great destruction. (7) The lion
is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way;
he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. (8) For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and
howl: for the fierce anger of YAHWEH is not turned back from us. (9) And it shall come to pass at that day, saith YAHWEH,
that the heart of the king shall
perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and
the prophets shall wonder. (10) Then said I, Ah, my Sovereign YAHWEH! Surely thou hast greatly deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth
unto the soul. (11) At that time shall it be said to this people and
to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the
daughter of MY people, not to fan,
nor to cleanse, (12) Even a
full wind from those places shall
come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. (13) Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his
chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his
horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! For we are spoiled. (14) O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness,
that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? (15) For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth
affliction from mount Ephraim. (16) Make ye mention to the
nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that
watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the
cities of Judah. (17) As keepers of a field, are they against her
round about; because she hath been rebellious against ME, saith YAHWEH. (18) Thy way
and thy doings have procured these things
unto thee; this is thy
wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. (19) My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very
heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast
heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. (20) Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the
whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. (21) How long
shall I see the standard, and hear
the sound of the trumpet? (22) For my people is foolish, they have not known ME; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they
have no knowledge. (23) I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light. (24) I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,
and all the hills moved lightly. (25) I
beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and
all the birds of the heavens were fled. (26) I
beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a
wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of YAHWEH,
and by his fierce anger. (27) For thus hath YAHWEH said, The whole land shall
be desolate; yet will I not make a
full end. (28) For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens
above be black: because I have
spoken it, I have purposed it, and
will not repent, neither will I turn
back from it. (29) The whole city shall flee for the noise of the
horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks:
every city shall be forsaken, and not
a man dwell therein. (30) And when thou art spoiled,
what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest
thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in
vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers
will despise thee, they will seek thy life. (31) For I
have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the
voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth
herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! For my soul is wearied because of murderers.
(I) Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see
now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if
there be any that executeth judgment,
that seeketh the truth; and I will
pardon it. (2) And though they say, YAHWEH liveth; surely they swear
falsely. (3) O YAHWEH, are
not thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they have not
grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they
have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a
rock; they have refused to return. (4) Therefore
I said, Surely these are poor; they
are foolish: for they know not the way of YAHWEH, nor
the judgment of their Elohim. (5) I will
get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the
way of YAHWEH,
and the judgment of their Elohim:
but these have altogether broken the yoke, and
burst the bonds. (6) Wherefore a lion out of
the forest shall slay them, and a
wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities:
every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their
transgressions are many, and their
backslidings are increased. (7) How shall I pardon thee for this? Thy children
have forsaken ME, and sworn by them that are no elohim: when I had fed them to the full, they then
committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. (8) They were as
fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. (9) Shall I
not visit for these things? Saith YAHWEH: and shall not my soul be
avenged on such a nation as this? (10) Go ye up
upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her
battlements; for they are not YAHWEH’S.
(11) For the House of Israel and the House of Judah
have dealt very treacherously against ME,
saith YAHWEH.
(12) They have belied YAHWEH, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come
upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: (13)
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. (14) Wherefore thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make MY words in
thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. (15) Lo, I
will bring a nation upon you from far, O House of Israel, saith YAHWEH:
it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose
language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. (16) Their quiver is
as an open sepulchre, they are all
mighty men. (17) And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy
bread, which thy sons and thy
daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall
eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities,
wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. (18)
Nevertheless in those days, saith YAHWEH, I
will not make a full end with you. (19) And it
shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth YAHWEH our Elohim all these things unto us? Then shalt thou answer
them, Like as ye have forsaken ME,
and served strange elohim in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. (20) Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish
it in Judah, saying, (21) Hear now this, O foolish
people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have
ears, and hear not: (22) Fear ye not ME?
Saith YAHWEH:
will ye not tremble at MY presence,
which have placed the sand for the
bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the
waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet
can they not pass over it? (23) But this people hath a
revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. (24) Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear
YAHWEH
our Elohim,
that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth
unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. (25) Your
iniquities have turned away these things,
and your sins have withholden good things
from you. (26) For among MY
people are found wicked men: they lay
wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. (27) As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. (28)
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked:
they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and
the right of the needy do they not judge. (29) Shall I not visit for these things? Saith YAHWEH: shall not MY soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (30) A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in
the land; (31) the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests
bear rule by their means; and MY
people love to have it so: and what
will ye do in the end thereof?
(I) O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of
the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of
fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great
destruction. (2) I
have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. (3) The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto
her; they shall pitch their tents
against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. (4) Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go
up at noon. Woe unto us! For the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening
are stretched out. (5) Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy
her palaces. (6) For thus hath YAHWEH of hosts said, Hew ye down
trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is
wholly oppression in the midst of her. (7) As a
fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence
and spoil is heard in her; before ME
continually is grief and wounds. (8) Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest MY soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not
inhabited. (9) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the
remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the
baskets. (10) To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that
they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised,
and they cannot hearken: behold, The
Word of YAHWEH is unto them a reproach;
they have no delight in it. (11) Therefore I am full of the fury of YAHWEH;
I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children
abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with
the wife shall be taken, the aged with him
that is full of days. (12) And their houses shall be
turned unto others, with their fields
and wives together: for I will
stretch out MY hand upon the
inhabitants of the land, saith YAHWEH. (13) For from
the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest
every one dealeth falsely. (14) They have healed also the
hurt of the daughter of MY people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace. (15) Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith YAHWEH. (16) Thus saith YAHWEH, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask
for the old paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We
will not walk therein. (17) Also I
set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken
to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. (18) Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O
congregation, what is among them. (19) Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened
unto MY words, nor to MY law, but rejected it. (20) To what purpose cometh there to ME incense from Sheba, and the sweet
cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto ME. (21)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and
the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall
perish. (22) Thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, a people cometh from the north
country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. (23) They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their
voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for
war against thee, O daughter of Zion. (24) We have
heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. (25) Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the
way; for the sword of the enemy and fear
is on every side. (26) O daughter of MY people, gird thee with
sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter
lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. (27) I
have set thee for a tower and a fortress among MY people, that thou mayest know and
try their way. (28) They are all
grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they
are brass and iron; they are all
corrupters. (29) The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of
the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. (30) Reprobate silver shall men call them, because YAHWEH hath rejected them.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH, saying, (2) Stand in the gate of YAHWEH’S house, and proclaim there
this word, and say, Hear The Word of YAHWEH, all ye
of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship YAHWEH. (3) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, Amend your ways
and your doings, and I will cause
you to dwell in this place. (4) Trust ye not in lying
words, saying, The temple of YAHWEH, The temple of YAHWEH, The temple of YAHWEH,
are these. (5) For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your
doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; (6) If ye
oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent
blood in this place, neither walk after other elohim to your hurt: (7) Then will I
cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. (8) Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot
profit. (9) Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other elohim whom ye
know not; (10) And come and stand before ME in this house, which is called by MY name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? (11) Is this house, which is called by MY name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith YAHWEH. (12) But go ye now unto MY place which was in
Shiloh, where I set MY name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of MY people Israel. (13) And now, because ye have done all these works,
saith YAHWEH,
and I spake unto you, rising up
early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I
called you, but ye answered not; (14)
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by MY name, wherein ye trust, and unto the
place which I gave to you and to
your fathers, as I have done to
Shiloh. (15) And I
will cast you out of MY sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. (16) Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither
lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to ME: for I will not hear thee. (17) Seest
thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? (18) The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle
the fire, and the women knead their dough,
to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto
other elohim, that they may provoke ME
to anger. (19) Do they provoke ME to anger? Saith YAHWEH: do
they not provoke themselves to the
confusion of their own faces? (20) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, MINE anger and MY fury
shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the
trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and
shall not be quenched. (21) Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. (22) For I
spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of
Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: (23)
But this thing commanded I them,
saying, Obey MY voice, and I will be your Elohim, and ye shall be MY people: and walk ye in all the ways
that I have commanded you, that it
may be well unto you. (24) But they hearkened not,
nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and
not forward. (25) Since the day that your fathers came forth out
of the land of Egypt unto this day I
have even sent unto you all MY
servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: (26) Yet they hearkened not unto ME, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse
than their fathers. (27) Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto
them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but
they will not answer thee. (28) But thou shalt say unto
them, This is a nation that obeyeth
not the voice of YAHWEH their Elohim, nor receiveth correction: truth is
perished, and is cut off from their mouth. (29) Cut off
thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on
high places; for YAHWEH hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
(30) For the children of Judah have done evil in MY sight, saith YAHWEH: they have set their
abominations in the house which is called by MY name, to pollute it. (31) And they
have built the high places of Tophet, which is
in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters
in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into MY heart. (32) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom,
but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no
place. (33) And the carcases of this people shall be meat
for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall
fray them away. (34) Then will I
cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the
voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the
voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
(I) At that time, saith YAHWEH, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and
the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out
of their graves: (2) And they shall spread them before the sun, and
the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have
served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom
they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be
for dung upon the face of the earth. (3) And death
shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this
evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (4)
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH; Shall they fall, and not
arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? (5) Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden
back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. (6) I
hearkened and heard, but they spake
not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
Every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. (7) Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her
appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time
of their coming; but MY people know
not the judgment of YAHWEH. (8) How do ye
say, We are wise, and the Law of YAHWEH
is with us? Lo, certainly in vain
made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. (9) The wise men
are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected The Word of YAHWEH;
and what wisdom is in them? (10) Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and
their fields to them that shall inherit them:
for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to
covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. (11) For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of
MY people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace. (12) Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation
they shall be cast down, saith YAHWEH. (13) I will surely consume them, saith YAHWEH:
there shall be no grapes on the vine,
nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have
given them shall pass away from them. (14) Why do
we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities,
and let us be silent there: for YAHWEH our Elohim hath put us to silence, and given us water
of gall to drink, because we have sinned against YAHWEH. (15) We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and
behold trouble! (16) The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan:
the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for
they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and
those that dwell therein. (17) For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices,
among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you,
saith YAHWEH.
(18) When I would comfort myself against sorrow,
my heart is faint in me. (19) Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of MY people because of them that dwell in
a far country: Is not YAHWEH
in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why
have they provoked ME to anger with
their graven images, and with strange
vanities? (20) The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we
are not saved. (21) For the hurt of the daughter of MY people am I hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on ME. (22) Is there no
balm in Gilead; is there no physician
there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of MY people recovered?
(I) Oh that MY head
were waters, and MINE eyes a
fountain of tears, that I might weep
day and night for the slain of the daughter of MY people! (2) Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place
of wayfaring men; that I might leave
MY people, and go from them! For
they be all adulterers, an assembly
of treacherous men. (3) And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies:
but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from
evil to evil, and they know not ME,
saith YAHWEH.
(4) Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and
trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every
neighbour will walk with slanders. (5) And they
will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have
taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary
themselves to commit iniquity. (6) Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through
deceit they refuse to know ME, saith
YAHWEH.
(7) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how
shall I do for the daughter of MY people? (8) Their tongue is
as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
heart he layeth his wait. (9) Shall I not visit them for these things?
Saith YAHWEH: shall not MY soul be avenged on such a nation as
this? (10) For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the
wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass
through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both
the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. (11) And I
will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den
of dragons; and I will make the
cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. (12)
Who is the wise man, that may
understand this? And who is he to
whom the mouth of YAHWEH hath spoken, that he may declare it, for
what the land perisheth and is burned
up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? (13)
And YAHWEH
saith, Because they have forsaken MY
law which I set before them, and
have not obeyed MY voice, neither
walked therein; (14) But have walked after the imagination of their
own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: (15) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Behold, I will feed them,
even this people, with wormwood, and
give them water of gall to drink. (16) I will scatter them also among the
heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. (17) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the
mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: (18) And let
them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with
tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. (19)
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! We are greatly
confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. (20)
Yet hear The Word of YAHWEH, O ye women, and let your ear receive the
word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her
neighbour lamentation. (21) For death is come up into
our windows, and is entered into our
palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. (22)
Speak, Thus saith YAHWEH, Even the carcases of men shall fall as
dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none
shall gather them. (23) Thus saith YAHWEH, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich
man glory in his riches: (24) But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth ME, that I am YAHWEH
which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for
in these things I delight, saith YAHWEH. (25) Behold,
the days come, saith YAHWEH, that I
will punish all them which are circumcised
with the uncircumcised; (26) Egypt, and Judah, and
Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for
all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the House of
Israel are uncircumcised in the
heart.
(I) Hear ye the word which YAHWEH speaketh unto you, O House
of Israel: (2) Thus saith YAHWEH, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be
not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (3) For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the
workman, with the ax. (4) They deck it with silver
and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (5) They are upright
as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot
go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. (6) Forasmuch as there
is none like unto thee, O YAHWEH; thou art
great, and THY name is great in might. (7) Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For
to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. (8) But they
are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. (9) Silver
spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of
the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. (10) But YAHWEH is the true Elohim, he is the living Elohim, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the
earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his
indignation. (11) Thus shall ye say unto them, The ELAH
that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these
heavens. (12) He hath made the earth by his power, he hath
established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
discretion. (13) When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the
vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain,
and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. (14) Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for
his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (15) They are vanity,
and the work of errors: in the time
of their visitation they shall perish. (16) The
portion of Jacob is not like them:
for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: YAHWEH of hosts is his name. (17) Gather up thy wares out
of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. (18) For thus
saith YAHWEH,
Behold, I will sling out the
inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may
find it so. (19) Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is grievous: but
I said, Truly this is a grief, and I
must bear it. (20) My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are
broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to
stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. (21) For the pastors are become brutish, and have not
sought YAHWEH:
therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. (22) Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a
great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate,
and a den of dragons. (23) O YAHWEH, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. (24) O YAHWEH, correct me, but with judgment; not in
thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (25) Pour out
thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call
not on THY name: for they have eaten
up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation
desolate.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH, saying, (2) Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak
unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; (3) And say thou unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, (4) Which I
commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of
Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey MY
voice, and do them, according to all which I
command you: so shall ye be MY
people, and I will be your Elohim:
(5) That I
may perform the oath which I have
sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and
said, So be it, O YAHWEH. (6) Then YAHWEH
said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. (7) For I
earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up
out of the land of Egypt, even unto
this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey MY voice. (8) Yet they obeyed not, nor
inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil
heart: therefore I will bring upon
them all the words of this covenant, which I
commanded them to do; but they did them not. (9)
And YAHWEH
said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. (10) They are turned back to
the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear MY words; and they went after other elohim to serve them: the House
of Israel and the House of Judah have broken MY Covenant which I made
with their fathers. (11) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they
shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. (12) Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the elohim unto whom they offer incense: but they
shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. (13) For according
to the number of thy cities were thy elohim, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets
of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that
shameful thing, even altars to
burn incense unto Baal. (14) Therefore pray not thou
for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto ME for their trouble. (15) What
hath MY beloved to do in MINE house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is
passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. (16) YAHWEH called thy name, A green olive tree, fair,
and of goodly fruit: with the noise
of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are
broken. (17) For YAHWEH of hosts, that planted thee, hath
pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the House of Israel and of the
House of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke ME to anger in offering incense unto
Baal. (18) And YAHWEH hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou showedst me their doings. (19) But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought
to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against Me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the
fruit thereof, and let us cut Him off from the land of the living, that His
name may be no more remembered. (20) But, O YAHWEH
of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me
see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. (21) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of the men of Anathoth, that
seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of YAHWEH, that thou die not by our
hand: (22) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall
die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: (23) And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of
Anathoth, even the year of their
visitation.
(I) Righteous art thou,
O YAHWEH,
when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of THY judgments: Wherefore
doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore
are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (2) THOU
hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth
fruit: thou art near in their mouth,
and far from their reins. (3) But thou, O YAHWEH,
knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out
like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. (4) How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of
every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts
are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. (5) If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein
thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then
how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? (6) For even
thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously
with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not,
though they speak fair words unto thee. (7) I have forsaken MINE house, I have left MINE heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of MY soul into the hand of her enemies. (8) Mine heritage is unto ME as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against ME: therefore have I hated it. (9) Mine heritage is unto ME as a speckled bird,
the birds round about are against
her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. (10) Many pastors have destroyed MY vineyard, they have trodden MY
portion under foot, they have made MY
pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (11) They
have made it desolate, and being desolate
it mourneth unto ME; the whole land
is made desolate, because no man layeth it
to heart. (12) The spoilers are come upon all high places
through the wilderness: for the sword of
YAHWEH shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall
have peace. (13) They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns:
they have put themselves to pain, but shall
not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce
anger of YAHWEH.
(14) Thus saith YAHWEH against all MINE evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused MY people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the House of
Judah from among them. (15) And it shall come to
pass, after that I have plucked them
out I will return, and have
compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and
every man to his land. (16) And it shall come to
pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of MY people, to swear by MY
name, YAHWEH
liveth; as they taught MY people to
swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of MY people. (17) But if they will not
obey, I will utterly pluck up and
destroy that nation, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle,
and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. (2) So I got a girdle according to The Word of YAHWEH,
and put it on my loins. (3) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me the second
time, saying, (4) Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to
Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. (5) So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as YAHWEH
commanded me. (6) And it came to pass after many days, that YAHWEH
said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. (7) Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took
the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was
marred, it was profitable for nothing. (8) Then The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me, saying, (9) Thus saith YAHWEH,
After this manner will I mar the
pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. (10) This evil people, which refuse to hear MY words, which walk in the imagination
of their heart, and walk after other elohim, to serve them, and to worship
them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. (11) For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man,
so have I caused to cleave unto ME the whole House of Israel and the
whole House of Judah, saith YAHWEH; that they might be unto ME for a people, and for a name, and
for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. (12) Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word;
Thus saith YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel, Every bottle shall be
filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that
every bottle shall be filled with wine? (13) Then
shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that
sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. (14) And I will dash them one against another,
even the fathers and the sons together, saith YAHWEH: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. (15) Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for YAHWEH
hath spoken. (16) Give glory to YAHWEH your Elohim, before he cause darkness,
and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for
light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and
make it gross darkness. (17) But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep
in secret places for your pride; and
mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because YAHWEH’S flock is carried away
captive. (18) Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble
yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. (19) The cities of the south shall be shut up, and
none shall open them: Judah shall be
carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. (20) Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come
from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful
flock? (21) What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee?
For thou hast taught them to be captains,
and as chief over thee: shall not
sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? (22) And if
thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness
of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. (23) Can the
Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. (24) Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the
wilderness. (25) This is thy
lot, the portion of thy measures from ME,
saith YAHWEH;
because thou hast forgotten ME, and
trusted in falsehood. (26) Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face,
that thy shame may appear. (27) I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of
thy whoredom, and thine abominations
on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made
clean? When shall it once be?
(I) The Word of YAHWEH that came to Jeremiah concerning the
dearth. (2) Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish;
they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. (3) And their nobles have sent their little ones to
the waters: they came to the pits, and found
no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and
confounded, and covered their heads. (4) Because
the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were
ashamed, they covered their heads. (5) Yea, the
hind also calved in the field, and forsook it,
because there was no grass. (6) And the
wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons;
their eyes did fail, because there was no
grass. (7) O YAHWEH, though our iniquities testify against us,
do thou it for THY name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned
against thee. (8) O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble,
why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
(9) Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a
mighty man that cannot save? Yet
thou, O YAHWEH,
art in the midst of us, and we are
called by THY name; leave us not. (10) Thus saith YAHWEH unto this people, Thus have they loved to
wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore YAHWEH doth not accept them; he
will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. (11) Then said YAHWEH unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. (12) When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and
an oblation, I will not accept them:
but I will consume them by the
sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. (13)
Then said I, Ah, my Sovereign YAHWEH!
Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall
ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. (14) Then YAHWEH said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies
in MY name: I sent them not, neither have I
commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision
and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. (15) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH concerning the prophets that
prophesy in MY name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword
and famine shall not be in this land; by sword and famine shall those prophets
be consumed. (16) And the people to whom they prophesy shall be
cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and
they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their
daughters: for I will pour their
wickedness upon them. (17) Therefore thou shalt say
this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let
them not cease: for the virgin daughter of MY
people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. (18) If I go forth into the field, then behold the
slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold them that are
sick with famine! Yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land
that they know not. (19) Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath thy soul
loathed Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there
is no healing for us? We looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! (20) We acknowledge, O YAHWEH, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we
have sinned against thee. (21) Do not abhor us, for THY name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember,
break not thy covenant with us. (22) Are
there any among the vanities of the
Gentiles that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou he, O YAHWEH our Elohim? Therefore we will wait upon
thee: for thou hast made all these things.
(I) Then said YAHWEH unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood
before ME, yet MY mind could not be toward this people: cast them
out of MY sight, and let them go
forth. (2) And it shall come to pass, if they say unto
thee, Whither shall we go forth? Then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith YAHWEH;
Such as are for death, to death; and
such as are for the sword, to the
sword; and such as are for the
famine, to the famine; and such as are for
the captivity, to the captivity. (3) And I will appoint over them four kinds,
saith YAHWEH:
the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. (4) And I will cause them to be removed into
all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of
Judah, for that which he did in
Jerusalem. (5) For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem?
Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? (6) THOU
hast forsaken ME, saith YAHWEH,
thou art gone backward: therefore will I
stretch out MY hand against thee,
and destroy thee; I am weary with
repenting. (7) And I
will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of
children, I will destroy MY people, since they return not from their ways. (8) Their widows are increased to ME above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the
mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall
upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. (9)
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the spirit; her sun is
gone down while it was yet day: she
hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their
enemies, saith YAHWEH.
(10) Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a
man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent
on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet
every one of them doth curse me. (11) YAHWEH
said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. (12) Shall iron break the northern iron and the
steel? (13) Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy
borders. (14) And I
will make thee to pass with thine
enemies into a land which thou
knowest not: for a fire is kindled in MINE
anger, which shall burn upon you. (15) O YAHWEH, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me,
and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know
that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. (16) Thy
words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and
rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by THY name, O YAHWEH Elohim of
hosts. (17) I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor
rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with
indignation. (18) Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound
incurable, which refuseth to be
healed? Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? (19) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before ME: and if thou take forth the precious
from the vile, thou shalt be as MY
mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. (20) And I
will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight
against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save
thee and to deliver thee, saith YAHWEH. (21) And I will deliver thee out of the hand of
the wicked, and I will redeem thee
out of the hand of the terrible.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came also unto me, saying, (2) Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt
thou have sons or daughters in this place. (3) For thus
saith YAHWEH
concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place,
and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that
begat them in this land; (4) They shall die of grievous
deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face
of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their
carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the
earth. (5) For thus saith YAHWEH, Enter not into the house of
mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away MY
peace from this people, saith YAHWEH, even
lovingkindness and mercies. (6) Both the
great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither
shall men lament for them, nor cut
themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: (7)
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to
comfort them for the dead; neither shall men
give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their
mother. (8) Thou shalt not also go into the house of
feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. (9)
For thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Behold, I will cause to
cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and
the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
(10) And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show
this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath YAHWEH
pronounced all this great evil against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our
sin that we have committed against YAHWEH our Elohim? (11) Then
shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken ME, saith YAHWEH, and have walked after other
elohim, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken ME, and have not kept MY law; (12)
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after
the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto ME: (13)
Therefore will I cast you out of
this land into a land that ye know not, neither
ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other elohim day and night;
where I will not show you favour. (14) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that it shall no more be said, YAHWEH liveth, that brought up the Children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt; (15) But, YAHWEH
liveth, that brought up the Children of Israel from the land of the north, and
from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. (16) Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith YAHWEH,
and they shall fish them; and after will I
send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from
every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. (17)
For MINE eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from MY face, neither is their iniquity hid from MINE eyes. (18) And first I will recompense their iniquity and
their sin double; because they have defiled MY land, they have filled MINE
inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. (19) O YAHWEH, my strength, and my fortress, and my
refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the
ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (20) Shall a man make elohim unto himself, and they are no elohim? (21) Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know MINE
hand and MY might; and they shall
know that MY name is YAHWEH.
(I) The sin of Judah is written
with a pen of iron, and with the
point of a diamond: it is graven upon
the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; (2) Whilst their children remember their altars and
their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. (3) O MY
mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. (4) And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from
thine heritage that I gave thee; and
I will cause thee to serve thine
enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in MINE anger, which shall burn for ever. (5) Thus
saith YAHWEH;
Cursed be the man that trusteth in
man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from YAHWEH.
(6) For he shall be like the heath in the desert,
and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the
wilderness, in a salt land and not
inhabited. (7) Blessed is
the man that trusteth in YAHWEH, and whose hope YAHWEH is. (8) For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,
and that spreadeth out her roots by the
river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and
shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding
fruit. (9) The heart is
deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked: who can know it? (10) I YAHWEH search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings. (11) As the
partridge sitteth on eggs, and
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by
right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a
fool. (12) A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. (13) O YAHWEH, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee
shall be ashamed, and they that
depart from ME shall be written in
the earth, because they have forsaken YAHWEH, the fountain of living waters. (14) Heal me, O YAHWEH, and I shall be healed; save me, and I
shall be saved: for thou art my
praise. (15) Behold, they say unto me, Where is The
Word of YAHWEH? Let it come now. (16) As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither
have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was
right before thee. (17) Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. (18) Let them be confounded that persecute me, but
let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed:
bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. (19) Thus said YAHWEH unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the
children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which
they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; (20)
And say unto them, Hear ye The Word of YAHWEH, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: (21) Thus saith YAHWEH; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no
burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring
it in by the gates of Jerusalem; (22) Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses
on the Sabbath day, neither do ye
any work, but hallow ye the Sabbath
day, as I commanded your fathers. (23) But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear,
but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. (24) And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently
hearken unto ME, saith YAHWEH,
to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein; (25) Then shall there enter into the gates of this
city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and
on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. (26)
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about
Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the
mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and
meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house
of YAHWEH.
(27) But if ye will not hearken unto ME to hallow the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the
gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire in
the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall
not be quenched.
(I) The word which came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH, saying, (2) Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and
there I will cause thee to hear MY words. (3) Then I went down to the potter's house, and,
behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. (4) And the
vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it
again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. (5) Then The
Word of YAHWEH came to me, saying, (6) O House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? Saith YAHWEH. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in MINE hand, O House of Israel. (7) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to
pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
(8) If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their
evil, I will repent of the evil that
I thought to do unto them. (9) And at
what instant I shall speak
concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; (10) If it do
evil in MY sight, that it obey not MY voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit
them. (11) Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah,
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a
device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your
ways and your doings good. (12) And they said, There is
no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the
imagination of his evil heart. (13) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH;
Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel
hath done a very horrible thing. (14) Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field?
Or shall the cold flowing waters that
come from another place be forsaken? (15) Because MY people hath forgotten ME, they have burned incense to vanity,
and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; (16) To make
their land desolate, and a perpetual
hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. (17) I
will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their
calamity. (18) Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices
against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel
from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with
the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (19) Give heed to me, O YAHWEH, and hearken to the voice of
them that contend with me. (20) Shall evil be recompensed
for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before
thee to speak good for them, and to
turn away thy wrath from them. (21) Therefore deliver up
their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of
their children, and be widows; and
let their men be put to death; let their
young men be slain by the sword in
battle. (22) Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou
shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me,
and hid snares for my feet. (23) Yet, YAHWEH, thou knowest all their
counsel against me to slay me: forgive
not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be
overthrown before thee; deal thus with
them in the time of thine anger.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and
take of the ancients of the people,
and of the ancients of the priests; (2) And go
forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that
I shall tell thee, (3) And say, Hear ye The Word of YAHWEH, O kings of
Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil
upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. (4) Because they have forsaken ME, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it
unto other elohim, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the
kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; (5) They have built also the high places of Baal, to
burn their sons with fire for burnt
offerings unto Baal, which I
commanded not, nor spake it, neither
came it into MY mind: (6) Therefore, behold, the
days come, saith YAHWEH, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor
The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. (7) And I
will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword
before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their
carcases will I give to be meat for
the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. (8) And I
will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby
shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. (9) And I
will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their
daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege
and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall
straiten them. (10) Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of
the men that go with thee. (11) And shalt say unto them,
Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Even so will I break this
people and this city, as one breaketh
a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. (12) Thus will I
do unto this place, saith YAHWEH, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: (13) And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of
the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the
houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven,
and have poured out drink offerings unto other elohim. (14) Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither YAHWEH
had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of YAHWEH’S house; and said to all the
people, (15) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon
all her towns all the evil that I
have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they
might not hear MY words.
(I) Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of YAHWEH,
heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. (2)
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which
was by the house of YAHWEH.
(3) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur
brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, YAHWEH
hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. (4) For thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself,
and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and
thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall
slay them with the sword. (5) Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this
city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all
the treasures of the kings of Judah will I
give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and
carry them to Babylon. (6) And thou, Pashur, and all
that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to
Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy
friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. (7) O YAHWEH,
thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast
prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. (8) For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence
and spoil; because The Word of YAHWEH was made a reproach unto me, and a
derision, daily. (9) Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor
speak any more in his name. But his word was
in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with
forbearing, and I could not stay. (10) For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every
side. Report, say they, and we will
report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail
against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. (11) But YAHWEH is with
me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they
shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never
be forgotten. (12) But, O YAHWEH of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let
me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. (13) Sing unto YAHWEH, praise ye YAHWEH: for he hath delivered the
soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. (14)
Cursed be the day wherein I was born:
let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. (15) Cursed be the
man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee;
making him very glad. (16) And let that man be as
the cities which YAHWEH overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry
in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; (17)
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my
grave, and her womb to be always
great with me. (18) Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see
labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
(I) The word which came unto Jeremiah from YAHWEH, when king Zedekiah sent
unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
priest, saying, (2) Inquire, I pray thee, of YAHWEH for us; for Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that YAHWEH will deal with us according
to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. (3) Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to
Zedekiah: (4) Thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
Israel; Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your
hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of
this city. (5) And I
MYSELF will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong
arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. (6) And I
will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of
a great pestilence. (7) And afterward, saith YAHWEH, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the
people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword,
and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into
the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and
he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them,
neither have pity, nor have mercy. (8) And unto
this people thou shalt say, Thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. (9) He that abideth in this city shall die by the
sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and
falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be
unto him for a prey. (10) For I have set MY face
against this city for evil, and not for good, saith YAHWEH: it shall be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. (11) And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye The Word of YAHWEH; (12) O house of David, thus saith YAHWEH;
Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest MY fury go out like fire, and burn that
none can quench it, because of the
evil of your doings. (13) Behold, I am
against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith YAHWEH; which say, Who shall come down against
us? Or who shall enter into our habitations? (14)
But I will punish you according to
the fruit of your doings, saith YAHWEH: and I
will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round
about it.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH; Go down to the house of the king of
Judah, and speak there this word, (2) And say,
Hear The Word of YAHWEH, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of
David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: (3) Thus saith YAHWEH; Execute ye judgment and righteousness,
and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do
no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed
innocent blood in this place. (4) For if ye do this thing
indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon
the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants,
and his people. (5) But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith YAHWEH,
that this house shall become a desolation. (6) For thus
saith YAHWEH
unto the king's House of Judah; Thou art Gilead
unto ME, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely
I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. (7) And I will prepare destroyers against thee,
every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast
them into the fire. (8) And many nations shall pass by this city, and
they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath YAHWEH done thus unto this great
city? (9) Then they shall answer, Because they have
forsaken the covenant of YAHWEH their Elohim, and worshipped other elohim, and served
them. (10) Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away:
for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. (11) For thus saith YAHWEH touching Shallum the son of Josiah
king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out
of this place; He shall not return thither any more: (12) But he shall die in the place whither they have
led him captive, and shall see this land no more. (13) Woe unto him that buildeth his house by
unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that
useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his
work; (14) That saith, I will build me a wide house and
large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. (15) Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? Did not thy father eat
and drink, and do judgment and justice, and
then it was well with him? (16) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know ME?
Saith YAHWEH.
(17) But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and
for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (18)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! Or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for
him, saying, Ah sovereign! Or, Ah his
glory! (19) He shall be buried with the burial of an ass,
drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. (20) Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice
in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. (21) I
spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou
saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth,
that thou obeyedst not MY voice. (22) The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy
lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and
confounded for all thy wickedness. (23) O
inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt
thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! (24) As I live, saith YAHWEH, though Coniah the son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon MY right hand, yet would I
pluck thee thence; (25) And I
will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the
Chaldeans. (26) And I
will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where
ye were not born; and there shall ye die. (27) But to
the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. (28) Is this
man Coniah a despised broken idol? Is he a
vessel wherein is no pleasure?
Wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which
they know not? (29) O earth, earth, earth, hear The Word of YAHWEH. (30) Thus saith YAHWEH, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for
no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling
any more in Judah.
(I) Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep
of MY pasture! Saith YAHWEH.
(2) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel against the pastors that feed MY
people; Ye have scattered MY flock,
and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith YAHWEH.
(3) And I
will gather the remnant of MY flock
out of all countries whither I have
driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be
fruitful and increase. (4) And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith YAHWEH.
(5) Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgment and justice in the earth. (6) In his
days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, YAHWEH
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (7) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that they shall no more say, YAHWEH liveth, which brought up the Children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt; (8) But, YAHWEH
liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the House of Israel out of
the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. (9) Mine heart within me is broken because of the
prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine
hath overcome, because of YAHWEH, and because of the words of his holiness.
(10) For the land is full of adulterers; for because
of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried
up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. (11) For both prophet and
priest are profane; yea, in MY house
have I found their wickedness, saith
YAHWEH.
(12) Wherefore their way shall be unto them as
slippery ways in the darkness: they shall
be driven on, and fall therein: for I
will bring evil upon them, even the
year of their visitation, saith YAHWEH. (13) And I have seen folly in the prophets of
Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused MY people Israel to err. (14) I have seen also in the prophets of
Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they
strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his
wickedness: they are all of them unto ME
as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. (15) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts concerning the
prophets; Behold, I will feed them
with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of
Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. (16) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of
the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of
their own heart, and not out of the
mouth of YAHWEH.
(17) They say still unto them that despise ME, YAHWEH hath said, Ye shall have
peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his
own heart, No evil shall come upon you. (18) For who
hath stood in the counsel of YAHWEH, and hath perceived and heard his word?
Who hath marked his word, and heard it?
(19) Behold, a whirlwind of YAHWEH is gone forth in fury, even
a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. (20) The anger of YAHWEH shall not return, until he
have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the
latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. (21) I have not sent these prophets, yet
they ran: I have not spoken to them,
yet they prophesied. (22) But if they had stood in MY counsel, and had caused MY people to hear MY words, then they should have turned them from their evil way,
and from the evil of their doings. (23) Am I
an Elohim
at hand, saith YAHWEH,
and not an Elohim
afar off? (24) Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? Saith YAHWEH.
Do not I fill heaven and earth?
Saith YAHWEH.
(25) I
have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in MY name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. (26) How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? Yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their
own heart; (27) Which think to cause MY people to forget MY name
by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers
have forgotten MY name for Baal. (28) The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a
dream; and he that hath MY word, let
him speak MY word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? Saith YAHWEH.
(29) Is not
MY word like as a fire? Saith YAHWEH;
and like a hammer that breaketh the
rock in pieces? (30) Therefore, behold, I am against the
prophets, saith YAHWEH,
that steal MY words every one from
his neighbour. (31) Behold, I
am against the prophets, saith YAHWEH,
that use their tongues, and say, He saith. (32) Behold, I am
against them that prophesy false dreams, saith YAHWEH, and do tell them, and cause
MY people to err by their lies, and
by their lightness; yet I sent them
not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all,
saith YAHWEH.
(33) And when this people, or the prophet, or a
priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the
burden of YAHWEH?
Thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith YAHWEH. (34) And as for the prophet, and the priest, and
the people, that shall say, The burden of YAHWEH, I
will even punish that man and his house. (35) Thus
shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What
hath YAHWEH
answered? And, What hath YAHWEH spoken? (36)
And the burden of YAHWEH shall ye mention no more: for every man's
word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living Elohim,
of YAHWEH
of hosts our Elohim.
(37) Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath YAHWEH
answered thee? And, What hath YAHWEH spoken? (38)
But since ye say, The burden of YAHWEH; therefore thus saith YAHWEH; Because ye say this word,
The burden of YAHWEH,
and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye
shall not say, The burden of YAHWEH; (39)
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of MY presence: (40) And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual
shame, which shall not be forgotten.
(I) YAHWEH showed me, and, behold, two baskets of
figs were set before the temple of YAHWEH,
after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters
and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. (2) One basket had
very good figs, even like the
figs that are first ripe: and the
other basket had very naughty figs,
which could not be eaten, they were so bad. (3) Then said
YAHWEH
unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good;
and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. (4) Again The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (5) Thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried
away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. (6) For I will set MINE eyes
upon them for good, and I will bring
them again to this land: and I will
build them, and not pull them down;
and I will plant them, and not pluck
them up. (7) And I
will give them an heart to know ME,
that I am YAHWEH:
and they shall be MY people, and I will be their Elohim: for they shall return unto ME with their whole heart. (8) And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten,
they are so evil; surely thus saith YAHWEH, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue
of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of
Egypt: (9) And I
will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places
whither I shall drive them. (10) And I
will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be
consumed from off the land that I
gave unto them and to their fathers.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of
Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon; (2) The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all
the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, (3) From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of
Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, The Word of YAHWEH hath come unto
me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not
hearkened. (4) And YAHWEH hath sent unto you all his servants the
prophets, rising early and sending them; but
ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. (5) They said, Turn ye again now every one from his
evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that YAHWEH
hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: (6) And go not after other elohim to serve them, and
to worship them, and provoke ME not
to anger with the works of your hands; and I
will do you no hurt. (7) Yet ye have not hearkened
unto ME, saith YAHWEH; that ye might provoke ME to anger with the works of your
hands to your own hurt. (8) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Because ye have not heard MY
words, (9) Behold, I
will send and take all the families of the north, saith YAHWEH, and Nebuchadrezzar the king
of Babylon, MY servant, and will
bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against
all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an
astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. (10) Moreover I
will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of
the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and
the light of the candle. (11) And this whole land shall
be a desolation, and an astonishment;
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. (12) And it shall come to pass, when seventy years
are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and
that nation, saith YAHWEH, for their iniquity, and the land of the
Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. (13) And I
will bring upon that land all MY
words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written
in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. (14) For many nations and great kings shall serve
themselves of them also: and I will
recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their
own hands. (15) For thus saith YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel unto ME; Take the wine cup
of this fury at MY hand, and cause
all the nations, to whom I send
thee, to drink it. (16) And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad,
because of the sword that I will
send among them. (17) Then took I the cup at YAHWEH’S hand, and made all the
nations to drink, unto whom YAHWEH had sent ME: (18) To wit, Jerusalem,
and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to
make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; (19) Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his
princes, and all his people; (20) And all the mingled
people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of
the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
(21) Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, (22) And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of
Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are
beyond the sea, (23) Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, (24) And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings
of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, (25)
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the
Medes, (26) And all the kings of the north, far and near,
one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall
drink after them. (27) Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more,
because of the sword which I will send
among you. (28) And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup
at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. (29) For, lo,
I begin to bring evil on the city
which is called by MY name, and
should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the
inhabitants of the earth, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (30)
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, YAHWEH
shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall
mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants
of the earth. (31) A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for YAHWEH hath a controversy with the
nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith YAHWEH. (32) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from
nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of
the earth. (33) And the slain of YAHWEH shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not
be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. (34) Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow
yourselves in the ashes, ye principal
of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are
accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. (35) And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor
the principal of the flock to escape. (36) A voice
of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for YAHWEH hath spoiled their pasture. (37) And the peaceable habitations are cut down
because of the fierce anger of YAHWEH. (38) He hath
forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the
fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
(I) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah came this word from YAHWEH, saying, (2)
Thus saith YAHWEH;
Stand in the court of YAHWEH’S house, and speak unto all the cities of
Judah, which come to worship in YAHWEH’S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them;
diminish not a word: (3) If so be they will
hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent ME of the
evil, which I purpose to do unto
them because of the evil of their doings. (4) And thou
shalt say unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH; If ye will not hearken to ME, to walk in MY law, which I have set
before you, (5) To hearken to the words of MY servants the prophets, whom I
sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; (6)
Then will I make this house like
Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. (7) So the priests and the prophets and all the
people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of YAHWEH. (8) Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an
end of speaking all that YAHWEH had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets
and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. (9) Why hast thou prophesied in the name of YAHWEH,
saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate
without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the
house of YAHWEH.
(10) When the princes of Judah heard these things,
then they came up from the king's house unto the house of YAHWEH, and sat down in the entry
of the new gate of YAHWEH’S house.
(11) Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the
princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye
have heard with your ears. (12) Then spake Jeremiah unto
all the princes and to all the people, saying, YAHWEH sent me to prophesy against
this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. (13) Therefore now amend your ways and your doings,
and obey the voice of YAHWEH your Elohim; and YAHWEH will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you. (14) As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth
good and meet unto you. (15) But know ye for certain,
that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon
yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a
truth YAHWEH
hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. (16) Then said the princes and all the people unto
the priests and to the prophets; This man is
not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(17) Then rose up certain of the elders of the land,
and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, (18) Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a
field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the
high places of a forest. (19) Did Hezekiah king of
Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear YAHWEH,
and besought YAHWEH,
and YAHWEH
repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we
procure great evil against our souls. (20) And
there was also a man that prophesied in the name of YAHWEH, Urijah the son of Shemaiah
of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land
according to all the words of Jeremiah: (21) And when
Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his
words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was
afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; (22) And
Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely,
Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain
men with him into Egypt. (23) And they fetched forth
Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with
the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. (24) Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the
people to put him to death.
(I) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from YAHWEH, saying, (2) Thus saith YAHWEH to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put
them upon thy neck, (3) And send them to the king of Edom, and to the
king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and
to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem
unto Zedekiah king of Judah; (4) And command them to say
unto their masters, Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Thus shall ye say
unto your masters; (5) I
have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by MY
great power and by MY outstretched
arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. (6) And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, MY servant; and the beasts
of the field have I given him also
to serve him. (7) And all nations shall serve him, and his son,
and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations
and great kings shall serve themselves of him. (8)
And it shall come to pass, that the
nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, that nation will I punish,
saith YAHWEH,
with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. (9) Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor
to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your
sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon: (10) For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you
far from your land; and that I
should drive you out, and ye should perish. (11) But the
nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve
him, those will I let remain still
in their own land, saith YAHWEH; and they shall till it, and dwell
therein. (12) I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according
to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. (13)
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence, as YAHWEH
hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? (14) Therefore hearken not unto the words of the
prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
for they prophesy a lie unto you. (15) For I have not sent them, saith YAHWEH,
yet they prophesy a lie in MY name;
that I might drive you out, and that
ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. (16) Also I spake to the priests and to all this
people, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH; Hearken not to the words of your prophets
that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of YAHWEH’S house shall now shortly be
brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. (17) Hearken not unto them; serve the king of
Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? (18) But if they be
prophets, and if The Word of YAHWEH be with them, let them now make
intercession to YAHWEH
of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of YAHWEH, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to
Babylon. (19) For thus saith YAHWEH of hosts concerning the
pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the
residue of the vessels that remain in this city, (20)
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive
Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all
the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; (21) Yea,
thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of YAHWEH, and in
the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; (22) They shall be carried to Babylon, and there
shall they be until the day that I
visit them, saith YAHWEH; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
(I) And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah
the son of Azur the prophet, which was of
Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of YAHWEH, in the presence of the priests and of all
the people, saying, (2) Thus speaketh YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, saying, I have broken the
yoke of the king of Babylon. (3) Within two full years will
I bring again into this place all
the vessels of YAHWEH’S
house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and
carried them to Babylon: (4) And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith YAHWEH:
for I will break the yoke of the
king of Babylon. (5) Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet
Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people
that stood in the house of YAHWEH, (6) Even the
prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: YAHWEH do so: YAHWEH perform thy words which thou
hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of YAHWEH’S house, and all that is
carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. (7) Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears
of all the people; (8) The prophets that have been before me and before
thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms,
of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. (9) The
prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to
pass, then shall the prophet be
known, that YAHWEH
hath truly sent him. (10) Then Hananiah the prophet
took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. (11) And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the
people, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of
all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went
his way. (12) Then The
Word of YAHWEH came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet
had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, (13) Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH;
Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
(14) For thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron
upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I
have given him the beasts of the field also. (15)
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; YAHWEH
hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. (16) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of
the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against
YAHWEH.
(17) So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in
the seventh month.
(I) Now these are the
words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the
residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and
to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away
captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; (2) (After
that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah
and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from
Jerusalem;) (3) By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and
Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, (4) Thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; (5) Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; (6) Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and
take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may
bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. (7) And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away
captives, and pray unto YAHWEH for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye
have peace. (8) For thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams
which ye cause to be dreamed. (9) For they prophesy falsely
unto you in MY name: I have not sent them, saith YAHWEH.
(10) For thus saith YAHWEH, That after seventy years be
accomplished at Babylon I will visit
you, and perform MY good word toward
you, in causing you to return to this place. (11)
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith YAHWEH,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (12) Then shall ye call upon ME, and ye shall go and pray unto ME, and I will hearken
unto you. (13) And ye shall seek ME, and find ME, when ye shall search for ME
with all your heart. (14) And I will be found of you, saith YAHWEH: and I
will turn away your captivity, and I
will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith YAHWEH;
and I will bring you again into the
place whence I caused you to be
carried away captive. (15) Because ye have said, YAHWEH
hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; (16) Know that thus saith YAHWEH
of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that
dwelleth in this city, and of your
brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; (17) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,
and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. (18) And I
will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence,
and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the
nations whither I have driven them: (19) Because they have not hearkened to MY words, saith YAHWEH, which I sent unto them by MY
servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith YAHWEH. (20) Hear ye therefore The Word of YAHWEH, all ye of the
captivity, whom I have sent from
Jerusalem to Babylon: (21) Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah,
which prophesy a lie unto you in MY name;
Behold, I will deliver them into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your
eyes; (22) And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the
captivity of Judah which are in
Babylon, saying, YAHWEH make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of
Babylon roasted in the fire; (23) Because they have
committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours'
wives, and have spoken lying words in MY
name, which I have not commanded
them; even I know, and am a witness, saith YAHWEH. (24) Thus shalt
thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, (25) Thus speaketh YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in THY name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,
and to all the priests, saying, (26) YAHWEH
hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be
officers in the house of YAHWEH, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put
him in prison, and in the stocks. (27) Now
therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself
a prophet to you? (28) For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and
dwell in them; and plant gardens, and
eat the fruit of them. (29) And Zephaniah the priest
read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. (30) Then came The
Word of YAHWEH unto Jeremiah, saying, (31) Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus
saith YAHWEH
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto
you, and I sent him not, and he
caused you to trust in a lie: (32) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH;
Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people;
neither shall he behold the good that I
will do for MY people, saith YAHWEH;
because he hath taught rebellion against YAHWEH.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH, saying, (2) Thus speaketh YAHWEH Elohim
of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. (3)
For, lo, the days come, saith YAHWEH, that I
will bring again the captivity of MY
people Israel and Judah, saith YAHWEH: and I
will cause them to return to the land that I
gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. (4) And these are
the words that YAHWEH spake concerning Israel and concerning
Judah. (5) For thus saith YAHWEH; We have heard a voice of
trembling, of fear, and not of peace. (6) Ask ye
now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his
loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? (7) Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like
it: it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. (8) For it
shall come to pass in that day, saith YAHWEH of hosts, that I will break his
yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him: (9) But they shall serve YAHWEH their Elohim, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. (10) Therefore fear thou not, O MY servant Jacob, saith YAHWEH; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in
rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him
afraid. (11) For I
am with thee, saith YAHWEH,
to save thee: though I make a full
end of all nations whither I have
scattered thee, yet will I not make
a full end of thee: but I will
correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. (12) For thus saith YAHWEH, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
(13) There is none
to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing
medicines. (14) All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek
thee not; for I have wounded thee
with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the
multitude of thine iniquity; because thy
sins were increased. (15) Why criest thou for thine
affliction? Thy sorrow is incurable
for the multitude of thine iniquity: because
thy sins were increased, I have
done these things unto thee. (16) Therefore all they that
devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them,
shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all
that prey upon thee will I give for
a prey. (17) For I
will restore health unto thee, and I
will heal thee of thy wounds, saith YAHWEH; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. (18)
Thus saith YAHWEH;
Behold, I will bring again the
captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the
manner thereof. (19) And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and
the voice of them that make merry: and I
will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. (20) Their children also shall be as aforetime, and
their congregation shall be established before ME, and I will punish
all that oppress them. (21) And their nobles shall be
of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he
shall approach unto ME: for who is this that engaged his heart to
approach unto ME? Saith YAHWEH.
(22) And ye shall be MY people, and I will be
your Elohim.
(23) Behold, the whirlwind of YAHWEH goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. (24) The fierce anger of YAHWEH shall not return, until he
have done it, and until he have
performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
(I) At the same time, saith YAHWEH, will I
be the Elohim
of all the families of Israel, and they shall be MY people. (2) Thus saith YAHWEH,
The people which were left of the
sword found grace in the wilderness; even
Israel, when I went to cause him
to rest. (3) YAHWEH hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (4) Again I
will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again
be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make
merry. (5) Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of
Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. (6) For there
shall be a day, that the watchmen
upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(7) For thus saith YAHWEH; Sing with gladness for
Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and
say, O YAHWEH,
save thy people, the remnant of Israel. (8) Behold, I will bring them from the north
country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her
that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. (9) They shall come with weeping, and with
supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers
of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is MY
firstborn. (10) Hear The
Word of YAHWEH, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He
that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. (11) For YAHWEH hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from
the hand of him that was stronger
than he. (12) Therefore they shall come and sing in the height
of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of YAHWEH, for wheat, and for wine,
and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul
shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. (13) Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both
young men and old together: for I
will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice
from their sorrow. (14) And I
will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and MY people shall be satisfied with MY goodness, saith YAHWEH. (15) Thus
saith YAHWEH;
A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and
bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for
her children, because they were not. (16) Thus saith YAHWEH; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine
eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith YAHWEH; and they shall come again
from the land of the enemy. (17) And there is hope in
thine end, saith YAHWEH, that thy children shall come again to their own
border. (18) I
have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall
be turned; for thou art YAHWEH
my Elohim.
(19) Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and
after that I was instructed, I smote upon my
thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach
of my youth. (20) Is Ephraim
my dear son? Is he a pleasant child?
For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my
bowels are troubled for him; I will
surely have mercy upon him, saith YAHWEH. (21) Set thee
up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to
these thy cities. (22) How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding
daughter? For YAHWEH
hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. (23) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; As yet they shall
use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; YAHWEH
bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain
of holiness. (24) And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in
all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. (25) For I
have satiated the weary soul, and I
have replenished every sorrowful soul. (26) Upon
this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. (27) Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that I will sow the House of Israel
and the House of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. (28) And it shall come to pass, that like as I have
watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to
destroy, and to afflict; so will I
watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith YAHWEH. (29) In those days they shall say no more, The
fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. (30) But every one shall die for his own iniquity:
every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. (31) Behold,
the days come, saith YAHWEH, that I will make a
New Covenant with the House of Israel, and with the House of Judah: (32) Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of
Egypt; which MY Covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith
YAHWEH: (33) But this shall
be the covenant that I will make with the House of Israel; After those days,
saith YAHWEH, I will put MY law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim,
and they shall be MY people. (34) And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YAHWEH:
for they shall all know ME, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith YAHWEH: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (35) Thus saith YAHWEH,
which giveth the sun for a light by day, and
the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which
divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; YAHWEH of hosts is his name: (36) If those ordinances
depart from before ME, saith YAHWEH,
then the seed of Israel also shall
cease from being a nation before ME for
ever. (37) Thus saith YAHWEH; If heaven above can be measured, and the
foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have
done, saith YAHWEH.
(38) Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that the city shall be built to YAHWEH from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate
of the corner. (39) And the measuring line shall yet go forth over
against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. (40) And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of
the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the
horse gate toward the east, shall be holy
unto YAHWEH;
it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH in the tenth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the
eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. (2) For then
the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was
shut up in the court of the prison, which was
in the king of Judah's house. (3) For
Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy,
and say, Thus saith YAHWEH, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall take it; (4) And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out
of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes
shall behold his eyes; (5) And he shall lead Zedekiah
to Babylon, and there shall he be until I
visit him, saith YAHWEH: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not
prosper. (6) And Jeremiah said, The Word of YAHWEH came unto me,
saying, (7) Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle
shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. (8) So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the
court of the prison according to The
Word of YAHWEH, and said unto me, Buy my
field, I pray thee, that is in
Anathoth, which is in the country of
Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is
thine, and the redemption is thine;
buy it for thyself. Then I knew that
this was The Word of YAHWEH. (9) And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's
son, that was in Anathoth, and
weighed him the money, even seventeen
shekels of silver. (10) And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. (11) So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that
which was open: (12) And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto
Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine
uncle's son, and in the presence of
the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews
that sat in the court of the prison. (13) And I
charged Baruch before them, saying, (14) Thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is
sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel,
that they may continue many days. (15) For thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this
land. (16) Now when I had delivered the evidence of the
purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto YAHWEH, saying, (17) Ah my Sovereign YAHWEH!
Behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and
stretched out arm, and there is
nothing too hard for thee: (18) THOU showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the
iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great,
the Mighty El,
YAHWEH
of hosts, is his name, (19) Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine
eyes are open upon all the ways of
the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his doings: (20) Which hast set signs and
wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto
this day, and in Israel, and among other men;
and hast made thee a name, as at this day; (21) And hast
brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with
wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great
terror; (22) And hast given them this land, which thou didst
swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; (23) And they came in, and possessed it; but they
obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all
that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to
come upon them: (24) Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city
to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight
against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and
what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. (25) And thou
hast said unto ME, O my Sovereign YAHWEH, Buy thee the field for money, and take
witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. (26) Then came The
Word of YAHWEH unto Jeremiah, saying, (27) Behold, I
am YAHWEH, the Elohim of all flesh: is there any
thing too hard for ME? (28) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of
the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he
shall take it: (29) And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city,
shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose
roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto
other elohim, to provoke ME to
anger. (30) For the Children of Israel and the children of
Judah have only done evil before ME
from their youth: for the Children of Israel have only provoked ME to anger with the work of their
hands, saith YAHWEH.
(31) For this city hath been to ME as a provocation of MINE anger and of MY fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before MY face, (32)
Because of all the evil of the Children of Israel and of the children of Judah,
which they have done to provoke ME
to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (33) And they have turned unto ME the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. (34) But they set their abominations in the house,
which is called by MY name, to
defile it. (35) And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I
commanded them not, neither came it into MY
mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. (36) And now therefore thus saith YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the
hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence; (37) Behold, I
will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in MINE
anger, and in MY fury, and in great
wrath; and I will bring them again
unto this place, and I will cause
them to dwell safely: (38) And they shall be MY people, and I will be their Elohim: (39) And I will give them one heart, and one
way, that they may fear ME for ever,
for the good of them, and of their children after them: (40) And I
will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put MY fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from ME. (41) Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them
good, and I will plant them in this
land assuredly with MY whole heart
and with MY whole soul. (42) For thus saith YAHWEH; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon
this people, so will I bring upon
them all the good that I have
promised them. (43) And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof
ye say, It is desolate without man or
beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. (44) Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe
evidences, and seal them, and take
witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in
the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of
the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Moreover The Word of YAHWEH came unto Jeremiah the second time, while
he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, (2) Thus saith YAHWEH the maker thereof, YAHWEH that formed it, to establish
it; YAHWEH
is his name; (3) Call unto ME,
and I will answer thee, and show
thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. (4) For thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, concerning the
houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are
thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; (5)
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it
is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in MINE
anger and in MY fury, and for all
whose wickedness I have hid MY face from this city. (6) Behold, I
will bring it health and cure, and I
will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. (7) And I
will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and
will build them, as at the first. (8) And I will cleanse them from all their
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against ME;
and I will pardon all their
iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed
against ME. (9) And it shall be to ME a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of
the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the
goodness and for all the prosperity that I
procure unto it. (10) Thus saith YAHWEH; Again there shall be heard in this place,
which ye say shall be desolate
without man and without beast, even in
the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, (11) The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that
shall say, Praise YAHWEH of hosts: for YAHWEH is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever: and of them that shall
bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of YAHWEH. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first,
saith YAHWEH.
(12) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Again in this place, which is
desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be
an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks
to lie down. (13) In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of
the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in
the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass
again under the hands of him that telleth them,
saith YAHWEH.
(14) Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that I will perform that good thing
which I have promised unto the House
of Israel and to the House of Judah. (15) In those
days, and at that time, will I cause
the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment
and righteousness in the land. (16) In those days shall Judah
be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, YAHWEH our righteousness. (17) For thus saith YAHWEH; David shall never want a
man to sit upon the throne of the House of Israel; (18) Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man
before ME to offer burnt offerings,
and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. (19) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto Jeremiah, saying, (20) Thus saith YAHWEH; If ye can break MY Covenant of the day, and MY
Covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their
season; (21) Then may
also MY Covenant be broken with
David MY servant, that he should not
have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, MY ministers. (22) As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David MY
servant, and the Levites that minister unto ME. (23) Moreover The
Word of YAHWEH came to Jeremiah, saying, (24) Considerest thou not what this people have
spoken, saying, The two families which YAHWEH hath chosen, he hath even cast them off?
Thus they have despised MY people,
that they should be no more a nation before them. (25) Thus saith YAHWEH; If MY
Covenant be not with day and
night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances
of heaven and earth; (26) Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and
David MY servant, so that I will not take any of
his seed to be rulers over the seed
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I
will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
(I) The word which came unto Jeremiah from YAHWEH, when Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion,
and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities
thereof, saying, (2) Thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king
of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall burn it with fire: (3) And thou shalt not escape
out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and
thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with
thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. (4) Yet hear The
Word of YAHWEH, O Zedekiah king of Judah;
Thus saith YAHWEH
of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: (5) But thou shalt die in peace: and with
the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall
they burn odours for thee; and they
will lament thee, saying, Ah
sovereign! For I have pronounced the
word, saith YAHWEH.
(6) Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words
unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, (7) When the
king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of
Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced
cities remained of the cities of Judah. (8) This is the word that came unto Jeremiah
from YAHWEH,
after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty
unto them; (9) That every man should let his manservant, and
every man his maidservant, being an
Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. (10) Now when all the princes, and all the people,
which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his
manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve
themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. (11) But afterward they
turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free,
to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. (12) Therefore The
Word of YAHWEH came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH,
saying, (13) Thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, (14) At the
end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been
sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go
free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto ME, neither inclined their ear. (15) And ye
were now turned, and had done right in MY
sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a
covenant before ME in the house
which is called by MY name: (16) But ye turned and polluted MY name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his
handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought
them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. (17) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH; Ye have not hearkened unto ME, in proclaiming liberty, every one
to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith YAHWEH, to the sword, to the
pestilence, and to the famine; and I
will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (18) And I
will give the men that have transgressed MY
Covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had
made before ME, when they cut the
calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof. (19) The princes of Judah, and the princes of
Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which
passed between the parts of the calf; (20) I will even give them into the hand of
their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead
bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the
earth. (21) And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies,
and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king
of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. (22)
Behold, I will command, saith YAHWEH,
and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and
take it, and burn it with fire: and I
will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
(I) The word which came unto Jeremiah from YAHWEH in the days of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, (2) Go unto
the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house
of YAHWEH,
into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. (3) Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the
son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of
the Rechabites; (4) And I brought them into the house of YAHWEH,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of Elohim, which was
by the chamber of the princes, which was
above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: (5) And I set before the sons of the house of the
Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. (6) But they said, We will drink no wine: for
Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no
wine, neither ye, nor your sons for
ever: (7) Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor
plant vineyard, nor have any: but all
your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where
ye be strangers. (8) Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son
of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our
days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; (9) Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither
have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: (10) But we
have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab
our father commanded us. (11) But it came to pass, when
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and
let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of
the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. (12) Then came The
Word of YAHWEH unto Jeremiah, saying, (13) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Go and tell the
men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction
to hearken to MY words? Saith YAHWEH.
(14) The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he
commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they
drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken
unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto ME. (15) I have sent also unto you all MY servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them, saying,
Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not
after other elohim to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your
fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto ME. (16) Because
the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their
father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto ME: (17)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH Elohim of
hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon
Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because
I have spoken unto them, but they
have not heard; and I have called
unto them, but they have not answered. (18) And
Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and
kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: (19) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before ME for ever.
(I) And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah king of Judah, that this
word came unto Jeremiah from YAHWEH, saying, (2)
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel,
and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of
Josiah, even unto this day. (3) It may be that the House
of Judah will hear all the evil which I
purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that
I may forgive their iniquity and their
sin. (4) Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah:
and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YAHWEH,
which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. (5) And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house
of YAHWEH:
(6) Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which
thou hast written from MY mouth, the
words of YAHWEH
in the ears of the people in YAHWEH’S house upon the fasting day: and also
thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. (7) It may be they will present their supplication
before YAHWEH,
and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that YAHWEH hath pronounced against this people. (8) And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to
all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of YAHWEH
in YAHWEH’S
house. (9) And it came to pass in the fifth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before YAHWEH
to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities
of Judah unto Jerusalem. (10) Then read Baruch in the
book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YAHWEH, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of
Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of YAHWEH’S
house, in the ears of all the people. (11) When
Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all
the words of YAHWEH,
(12) Then he went down into the king's house, into
the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and
Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the
son of Hananiah, and all the princes. (13) Then
Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read
the book in the ears of the people. (14)
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll
wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son
of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. (15) And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read
it in our ears. So Baruch read it in
their ears. (16) Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the
words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will
surely tell the king of all these words. (17) And they
asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his
mouth? (18) Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all
these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. (19) Then
said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man
know where ye be. (20) And they went in to the king into the court, but
they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the
words in the ears of the king. (21) So the king sent Jehudi
to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And
Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes
which stood beside the king. (22) Now the king sat in the
winterhouse in the ninth month: and there
was a fire on the hearth burning before him. (23)
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi
had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll
was consumed in the fire that was on
the hearth. (24) Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their
garments, neither the king, nor any
of his servants that heard all these words. (25)
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the
king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. (26) But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of
Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to
take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but YAHWEH hid them. (27) Then The
Word of YAHWEH came to Jeremiah, after that
the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of
Jeremiah, saying, (28) Take thee again another roll, and write in it
all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of
Judah hath burned. (29) And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah,
Thus saith YAHWEH;
Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The
king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to
cease from thence man and beast? (30)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have
none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in
the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. (31) And I
will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but
they hearkened not. (32) Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to
Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in
the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
(I) And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of
Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in
the land of Judah. (2) But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people
of the land, did hearken unto the words of YAHWEH, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. (3) And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of
Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah,
saying, Pray now unto YAHWEH our Elohim for us. (4)
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him
into prison. (5) Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt:
and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they
departed from Jerusalem. (6) Then came The Word of YAHWEH
unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, (7) Thus
saith YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto ME to inquire of ME; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall
return to Egypt into their own land. (8) And the
Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn
it with fire. (9) Thus saith YAHWEH; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The
Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. (10) For though ye had smitten the whole army of the
Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet
should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. (11) And it came to pass, that when the army of the
Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, (12) Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go
into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the
people. (13) And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a
captain of the ward was there, whose
name was Irijah, the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou
fallest away to the Chaldeans. (14) Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the
Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought
him to the princes. (15) Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah,
and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for
they had made that the prison. (16) When Jeremiah was entered
into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many
days; (17) Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out:
and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from YAHWEH? And Jeremiah said, There
is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
(18) Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What
have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people,
that ye have put me in prison? (19) Where are now your prophets which prophesied
unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against
this land? (20) Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my sovereign
the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou
cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. (21) Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should
commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him
daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the
city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
(I) Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of
Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard
the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, (2) Thus saith YAHWEH, He that remaineth in this city shall die
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to
the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall
live. (3) Thus saith YAHWEH, This city shall surely be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. (4) Therefore the princes said unto the king, We
beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of
the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in
speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this
people, but the hurt. (5) Then Zedekiah the king
said, Behold, he is in your hand: for
the king is not he that can do any thing
against you. (6) Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the
dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with
cords. And in the dungeon there was no
water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. (7)
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's
house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting
in the gate of Benjamin; (8) Ebedmelech went forth out
of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, (9) My sovereign the king, these men have done evil
in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into
the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. (10) Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the
Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah
the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. (11)
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under
the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them
down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. (12) And
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under
the cords. And Jeremiah did so. (13) So they
drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah
remained in the court of the prison. (14) Then
Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third
entry that is in the house of YAHWEH:
and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
(15) Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put
me to death? And if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? (16) So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto
Jeremiah, saying, As YAHWEH
liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I
give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. (17) Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes,
then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou
shalt live, and thine house: (18) But if thou wilt not go
forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the
hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not
escape out of their hand. (19) And Zedekiah the king
said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans,
lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. (20) But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of
YAHWEH,
which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall
live. (21) But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that YAHWEH hath showed me: (22) And, behold, all the women that are left in the
king of Judah's house shall be brought
forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed
against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. (23) So they
shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt
not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of
Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. (24) Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man
know of these words, and thou shalt not die. (25)
But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee,
and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide
it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto
thee: (26) Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my
supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to
Jonathan's house, to die there. (27) Then
came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according
to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with
him; for the matter was not perceived. (28) So
Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was
taken: and he was there when
Jerusalem was taken.
(I) In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth
month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem,
and they besieged it. (2) And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the
ninth day of the month, the city was
broken up. (3) And all the princes of the king of Babylon came
in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer,
Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue
of the princes of the king of Babylon. (4) And it
came to pass, that when Zedekiah the
king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth
out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt
the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. (5) But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and
overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they
brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. (6) Then the
king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the
king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. (7)
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to
Babylon. (8) And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and
the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. (9) Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in
the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the
people that remained. (10) But Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the
land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. (11) Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge
concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, (12) Take him, and look well to him, and do him no
harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. (13) So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent,
and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of
Babylon's princes; (14) Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the
court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son
of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. (15) Now The
Word of YAHWEH came unto Jeremiah, while he
was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, (16)
Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Behold, I will bring MY words upon this city for evil, and
not for good; and they shall be accomplished
in that day before thee. (17) But I will deliver thee in that day, saith YAHWEH: and thou shalt not be given
into the hand of the men of whom thou art
afraid. (18) For I
will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life
shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in ME, saith YAHWEH.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah from YAHWEH, after that Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being
bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah,
which were carried away captive unto Babylon. (2)
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, YAHWEH thy Elohim
hath pronounced this evil upon this place. (3) Now YAHWEH
hath brought it, and done according
as he hath said: because ye have sinned against YAHWEH, and have not obeyed his
voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. (4)
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good
unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee:
but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all
the land is before thee: whither it
seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. (5) Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor
over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go
wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard
gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. (6)
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with
him among the people that were left in the land. (7)
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they
and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and
children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away
captive to Babylon; (8) Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and
Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (9) And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the
Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be
well with you. (10) As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to
serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and
summer fruits, and oil, and put them in
your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. (11) Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites,
and in Edom, and that were in all the
countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that
he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; (12) Even all the Jews returned out of all places
whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto
Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. (13) Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were in
the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, (14) And said
unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath
sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
believed them not. (15) Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah
in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto
thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? (16) But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan
the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of
Ishmael.
(I) Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the
son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men
with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did
eat bread together in Mizpah. (2) Then arose Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of
Babylon had made governor over the land. (3) Ishmael
also slew all the Jews that were with him, even
with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. (4) And it came to pass the second day after he had
slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, (5) That there came certain from Shechem, from
Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore
men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut
themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of YAHWEH.
(6) And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from
Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he
met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. (7) And it was so,
when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into
the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were
with him. (8) But ten men were found among them that said unto
Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of
barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their
brethren. (9) Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the
dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for
fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah filled it with them
that were slain. (10) Then Ishmael carried away
captive all the residue of the people that were
in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,
and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. (11) But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were with
him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, (12) Then they took all the men, and went to fight
with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. (13) Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were
with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces that were with him, then they
were glad. (14) So all the people that Ishmael had carried away
captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of
Kareah. (15) But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from
Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. (16) Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were with
him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he
had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even
mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom
he had brought again from Gibeon: (17) And they
departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go
to enter into Egypt, (18) Because of the Chaldeans:
for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
(I) Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least
even unto the greatest, came near, (2) And said
unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted
before thee, and pray for us unto YAHWEH thy
Elohim, even
for all this remnant; (for we are left but
a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) (3)
That YAHWEH
thy Elohim
may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. (4) Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have
heard you; behold, I will pray unto YAHWEH
your Elohim
according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing YAHWEH shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back
from you. (5) Then they said to Jeremiah, YAHWEH be a true and faithful
witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which YAHWEH thy Elohim
shall send thee to us. (6) Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of YAHWEH
our Elohim,
to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(7) And it came to pass after ten days, that The Word of YAHWEH
came unto Jeremiah. (8) Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces which were
with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, (9) And said unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; (10) If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you
up: for I repent ME of the evil that I have done unto you. (11) Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye
are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith YAHWEH: for I
am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand. (12) And I will show mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land. (13) But if
ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of YAHWEH
your Elohim,
(14) Saying, No; but we will go into the land of
Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have
hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: (15) And now
therefore hear The Word of YAHWEH, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn
there; (16) Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the
land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after
you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. (17) So shall
it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there;
they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of
them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. (18) For thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; As MINE anger and MY fury hath been poured forth upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall MY
fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be
an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see
this place no more. (19) YAHWEH hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of
Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. (20) For ye
dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto YAHWEH your Elohim, saying, Pray for us unto YAHWEH
our Elohim;
and according unto all that YAHWEH our Elohim shall say, so declare unto us, and we will
do it. (21)
And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of YAHWEH
your Elohim,
nor any thing for the which he hath
sent me unto you. (22) Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye
desire to go and to sojourn.
(I) And it came to pass, that
when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words
of YAHWEH
their Elohim,
for which YAHWEH
their Elohim
had sent him to them, even all these
words, (2) Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou
speakest falsely: YAHWEH our Elohim hath not sent thee to say, Go not into
Egypt to sojourn there: (3) But Baruch the son of
Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the
Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into
Babylon. (4) So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of YAHWEH,
to dwell in the land of Judah. (5) But Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that
were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the
land of Judah; (6) Even men,
and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. (7) So they came into the land of Egypt: for they
obeyed not the voice of YAHWEH: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. (8) Then came The Word of YAHWEH
unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, (9) Take
great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in
Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (10)
And say unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the
king of Babylon, MY servant, and
will set his throne upon these stones that I
have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. (11) And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of
Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and
such as are for the sword to the
sword. (12) And I
will kindle a fire in the houses of the elohim of Egypt; and he shall burn
them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of
Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence
in peace. (13) He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh,
that is in the land of Egypt; and the
houses of the elohim of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
(I) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which
dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at
Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, (2)
Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I
have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold,
this day they are a desolation, and
no man dwelleth therein, (3) Because of their wickedness
which they have committed to provoke ME
to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other elohim, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. (4)
Howbeit I sent unto you all MY servants the prophets, rising early
and sending them, saying, Oh, do not
this abominable thing that I hate. (5) But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear
to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other elohim. (6) Wherefore MY
fury and MINE anger was poured
forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
and they are wasted and desolate, as
at this day. (7) Therefore now thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great
evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling,
out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; (8) In that
ye provoke ME unto wrath with the
works of your hands, burning incense unto other elohim in the land of Egypt,
whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye
might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? (9) Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your
fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their
wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they
have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? (10) They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in MY law, nor in MY statutes, that I set
before you and before your fathers. (11)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Behold, I will set MY face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. (12) And I
will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land
of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and
by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by
the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a
reproach. (13) For I
will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: (14) So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they
should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return
to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. (15) Then all the men which knew that their wives had
burned incense unto other elohim, and all the women that stood by, a great
multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros,
answered Jeremiah, saying, (16) As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of YAHWEH,
we will not hearken unto thee. (17) But we will certainly do
whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the
queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we,
and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem: for then had we
plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. (18) But since we left off to burn incense to the
queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the
sword and by the famine. (19) And when we burned
incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we
make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our
men? (20) Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the
men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, (21) The incense that ye burned in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and
your princes, and the people of the land, did not YAHWEH remember them, and came it not into his mind? (22) So that YAHWEH could no longer bear, because of the evil
of your doings, and because of the
abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and
an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. (23) Because ye have burned incense, and because ye
have sinned against YAHWEH, and have not obeyed the voice of YAHWEH,
nor walked in his law, nor in HIS
statutes, nor in HIS testimonies;
therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. (24) Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and
to all the women, Hear The Word of YAHWEH, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: (25) Thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and
fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have
vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. (26) Therefore hear ye The Word of YAHWEH, all Judah that
dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I
have sworn by MY great name, saith YAHWEH,
that MY name shall no more be named
in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, My Sovereign YAHWEH liveth. (27)
Behold, I will watch over them for
evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the
famine, until there be an end of them. (28) Yet a
small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into
the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, MINE, or theirs. (29) And this shall
be a sign unto you, saith YAHWEH, that I
will punish you in this place, that ye may know that MY words shall surely stand against you for evil: (30) Thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his
enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
(I) The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son
of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, (2) Thus saith YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; (3) Thou didst say, Woe is me now! For YAHWEH
hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. (4) Thus shalt thou say unto him, YAHWEH
saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I
have planted I will pluck up, even
this whole land. (5) And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith
YAHWEH:
but thy life will I give unto thee
for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH which came to Jeremiah the prophet against
the Gentiles; (2) Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho
king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah. (3) Order ye the buckler and
shield, and draw near to battle. (4) Harness
the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. (5) Wherefore
have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? And their mighty
ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith YAHWEH. (6) Let not
the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall
toward the north by the river Euphrates. (7) Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? (8) Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers;
and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the
inhabitants thereof. (9) Come up, ye horses; and
rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the
Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (10) For this is
the day of my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and
the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their
blood: for my Sovereign
YAHWEH of hosts hath a sacrifice in the
north country by the river Euphrates. (11) Go up
into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou
use many medicines; for thou shalt
not be cured. (12) The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry
hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. (13) The word that YAHWEH spake to Jeremiah the
prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. (14) Declare
ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say
ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. (15) Why are thy valiant men swept away? They stood not, because YAHWEH did drive them. (16) He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon
another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to
the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. (17) They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time
appointed. (18) As I live, saith the King, whose name is YAHWEH of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by
the sea, so shall he come. (19) O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish
thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an
inhabitant. (20) Egypt is
like a very fair heifer, but destruction
cometh; it cometh out of the north. (21) Also her
hired men are in the midst of her
like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of
their calamity was come upon them, and the
time of their visitation. (22) The voice thereof shall
go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with
axes, as hewers of wood. (23) They shall cut down her
forest, saith YAHWEH,
though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. (24) The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she
shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. (25) YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and
Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their elohim, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: (26) And I
will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and
afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith YAHWEH.
(27) But fear not thou, O MY servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest
and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
(28) Fear thou not, O Jacob MY servant, saith YAHWEH: for I
am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the
nations whither I have driven thee:
but I will not make a full end of
thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH that came to Jeremiah the prophet against
the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. (2)
Thus saith YAHWEH;
Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and
shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell
therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall
howl. (3) At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his
strong horses, at the rushing of his
chariots, and at the rumbling of his
wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their
children for feebleness of hands; (4) Because
of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth:
for YAHWEH
will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. (5) Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how
long wilt thou cut thyself? (6) O thou sword of
YAHWEH, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard,
rest, and be still. (7) How can it be quiet, seeing YAHWEH hath given it a charge
against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath he appointed it.
(I) Against Moab thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Woe unto Nebo!
For it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and
taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. (2) There shall be no more praise of Moab:
in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut
down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. (3) A
voice of crying shall be from
Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. (4) Moab is
destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. (5) For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping
shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of
destruction. (6) Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in
the wilderness. (7) For because thou hast trusted in thy works and
in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into
captivity with his priests and his
princes together. (8) And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and
no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be
destroyed, as YAHWEH
hath spoken. (9) Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get
away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. (10) Cursed be he
that doeth the work of YAHWEH deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from
blood. (11) Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he
hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and
his scent is not changed. (12) Therefore, behold, the
days come, saith YAHWEH, that I will
send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his
vessels, and break their bottles. (13) And Moab
shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the House of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their
confidence. (14) How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? (15) Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young
men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is YAHWEH of hosts. (16)
The calamity of Moab is near to come,
and his affliction hasteth fast. (17) All ye
that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the
strong staff broken, and the beautiful
rod! (18) Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down
from thy glory, and sit in thirst;
for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. (19) O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and
espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? (20) Moab is
confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab
is spoiled, (21) And judgment is come upon the plain country;
upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, (22)
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, (23) And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and
upon Bethmeon, (24) And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all
the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. (25)
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith YAHWEH. (26) Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against YAHWEH: Moab also shall wallow in
his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. (27)
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves? For since
thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. (28) O
ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the
dove that maketh her nest in the
sides of the hole's mouth. (29) We have heard the pride
of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his
pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. (30) I know his wrath, saith YAHWEH;
but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. (31) Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I
will cry out for all Moab; MINE heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. (32) O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone
over the sea, they reach even to the
sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy
vintage. (33) And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful
field, and from the land of Moab; and I
have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. (34) From the
cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered
their voice, from Zoar even unto
Horonaim, as an heifer of three years
old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. (35) Moreover I
will cause to cease in Moab, saith YAHWEH, him that offereth in the high places, and
him that burneth incense to his elohim. (36)
Therefore MINE heart shall sound for
Moab like pipes, and MINE heart
shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. (37) For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins
sackcloth. (38) There
shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the
streets thereof: for I have broken
Moab like a vessel wherein is no
pleasure, saith YAHWEH.
(39) They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! How hath Moab turned the back with
shame! So shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. (40) For thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, he shall fly as an
eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. (41)
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's
hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. (42) And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath
magnified himself against YAHWEH.
(43) Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of
Moab, saith YAHWEH.
(44) He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the
pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their
visitation, saith YAHWEH. (45) They
that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire
shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall
devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. (46) Woe be unto thee, O Moab! The people of Chemosh
perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. (47) Yet will I
bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith YAHWEH.
Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
(I) Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith YAHWEH; Hath Israel no sons? Hath
he no heir? Why then doth their king
inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? (2)
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH, that I
will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall
be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall
Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith YAHWEH. (3) Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye
daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the
hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. (4) Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing
valley, O backsliding daughter? That trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto ME? (5) Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith my
Sovereign
YAHWEH of hosts, from all those that be
about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall
gather up him that wandereth. (6) And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the
children of Ammon, saith YAHWEH. (7)
Concerning Edom, thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent?
Is their wisdom vanished? (8) Flee ye, turn back, dwell
deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I
will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. (9) If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not
leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves
by night, they will destroy till they have enough. (10) But I
have made Esau bare, I have
uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed
is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. (11) Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in ME. (12) For thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, they whose judgment
was not to drink of the cup have
assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished?
Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. (13) For I
have sworn by myself, saith YAHWEH, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a
reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual
wastes. (14) I have heard a rumour from YAHWEH, and an ambassador is sent
unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye
together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. (15) For, lo, I
will make thee small among the heathen, and
despised among men. (16) Thy terribleness hath
deceived thee, and the pride of thine
heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height
of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence,
saith YAHWEH.
(17) Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that
goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. (18) As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and
the neighbour cities thereof, saith YAHWEH,
no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. (19) Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the
swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from
her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? For who is
like ME? And who will appoint ME the time? And who is that shepherd that will stand before ME? (20)
Therefore hear the counsel of YAHWEH, that he hath taken against Edom; and his
purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the
least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations
desolate with them. (21) The earth is moved at the noise of their fall,
at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea. (22) Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle,
and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty
men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. (23) Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and
Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be
quiet. (24) Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her,
as a woman in travail. (25) How is the city of praise
not left, the city of MY joy! (26) Therefore her young men shall fall in her
streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (27) And I
will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of
Benhadad. (28) Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of
Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith YAHWEH;
Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. (29) Their tents and their flocks shall they take
away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and
their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. (30) Flee, get you far off,
dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith YAHWEH; for Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against
you. (31) Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that
dwelleth without care, saith YAHWEH, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. (32) And their camels shall be a booty, and the
multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I
will scatter into all winds them that are
in the utmost corners; and I
will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith YAHWEH. (33) And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall
no man abide there, nor any son of
man dwell in it. (34) The Word
of YAHWEH that came to Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, (35) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. (36) And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will
scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the
outcasts of Elam shall not come. (37) For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before
their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even
MY fierce anger, saith YAHWEH;
and I will send the sword after
them, till I have consumed them: (38) And I
will set MY throne in Elam, and will
destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith YAHWEH. (39) But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith YAHWEH.
(I) The word that YAHWEH spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. (2) Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and
set up a standard; publish, and conceal
not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces;
her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. (3) For out of the north there cometh up a nation
against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein:
they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. (4) In those days, and in that time, saith YAHWEH,
the Children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together,
going and weeping: they shall go, and seek YAHWEH their Elohim. (5) They
shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to YAHWEH in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. (6) My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds
have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have
forgotten their restingplace. (7) All that found them have
devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have
sinned against YAHWEH,
the habitation of justice, even YAHWEH, the hope of their fathers. (8) Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth
out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. (9) For, lo, I
will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations
from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her;
from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. (10) And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her
shall be satisfied, saith YAHWEH. (11) Because
ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of MINE heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and
bellow as bulls; (12) Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that
bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a
desert. (13) Because of the wrath of YAHWEH it shall not be inhabited,
but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be
astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. (14) Put
yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow,
shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against YAHWEH. (15) Shout against her round about: she hath given
her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of YAHWEH: take vengeance upon her; as
she hath done, do unto her. (16) Cut off the sower from
Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of
the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall
flee every one to his own land. (17) Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have
driven him away: first the king of
Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath
broken his bones. (18) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; Behold, I will punish the
king of Babylon and his land, as I
have punished the king of Assyria. (19) And I will bring Israel again to his
habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be
satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. (20) In those
days, and in that time, saith YAHWEH, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought
for, and there shall be none; and the
sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I
reserve. (21) Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the
inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith YAHWEH,
and do according to all that I have
commanded thee. (22) A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. (23) How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder
and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (24) I
have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast
not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against YAHWEH.
(25) YAHWEH hath opened his armoury, and hath brought
forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. (26) Come
against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps,
and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. (27) Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the
slaughter: woe unto them! For their day is come, the time of their visitation. (28) The voice of them that flee and escape out of
the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of YAHWEH our Elohim, the vengeance of his
temple. (29) Call together the archers against Babylon: all
ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape:
recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do
unto her: for she hath been proud against YAHWEH, against the Holy One of Israel. (30) Therefore shall her young men fall in the
streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith YAHWEH.
(31) Behold, I
am against thee, O thou most proud, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that
I will visit thee. (32) And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and
none shall raise him up: and I will
kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. (33) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; The Children of Israel and the
children of Judah were oppressed
together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let
them go. (34) Their Redeemer is strong; YAHWEH of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may
give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. (35) A sword is
upon the Chaldeans, saith YAHWEH, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and
upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
(36) A sword is
upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. (37) A sword is
upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people
that are in the midst of her; and
they shall become as women: a sword is upon
her treasures; and they shall be robbed. (38) A
drought is upon her waters; and they
shall be dried up: for it is the land
of graven images, and they are mad upon their
idols. (39) Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the
wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there,
and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for
ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. (40) As
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the
neighbour cities thereof, saith YAHWEH;
so shall no man abide there, neither
shall any son of man dwell therein. (41) Behold,
a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be
raised up from the coasts of the earth. (42) They
shall hold the bow and the lance: they are
cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and
they shall ride upon horses, every one put
in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. (43) The king of Babylon hath heard the report of
them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. (44) Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the
swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint
over her? For who is like ME? And who will appoint ME the time? And who is that shepherd that will stand before ME? (45)
Therefore hear ye the counsel of YAHWEH, that he hath taken against Babylon; and
his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely
the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. (46) At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth
is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the
midst of them that rise up against ME,
a destroying wind; (2) And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall
fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be
against her round about. (3) Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his
bow, and against him that lifteth
himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye
utterly all her host. (4) Thus the slain shall fall
in the land of the Chaldeans, and they
that are thrust through in her streets. (5) For
Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his Elohim, of YAHWEH of hosts; though their land
was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. (6) Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver
every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of YAHWEH’S vengeance; he will render
unto her a recompense. (7) Babylon hath been a golden cup in YAHWEH’S
hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine;
therefore the nations are mad. (8) Babylon is suddenly fallen
and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be
healed. (9) We would have healed Babylon, but she is not
healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her
judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. (10) YAHWEH hath brought forth our
righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of YAHWEH
our Elohim.
(11) Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: YAHWEH
hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;
because it is the vengeance of YAHWEH,
the vengeance of his temple. (12) Set up the standard upon
the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the
ambushes: for YAHWEH
hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of
Babylon. (13) O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant
in treasures, thine end is come, and the
measure of thy covetousness. (14) YAHWEH of hosts hath sworn by
himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with
caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (15) He hath made the earth by his power, he hath
established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his
understanding. (16) When he uttereth his voice, there is a
multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from
the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the
wind out of his treasures. (17) Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is
confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no
breath in them. (18) They are vanity,
the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (19) The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the
former of all things: and Israel is the
rod of his inheritance: YAHWEH of hosts is his name. (20) Thou art MY battle ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with
thee will I destroy kingdoms; (21) And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his
rider; (22) With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and
with thee will I break in pieces the
young man and the maid; (23) I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock;
and with thee will I break in pieces
the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. (24) And I
will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil
that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith YAHWEH. (25) Behold, I
am against thee, O destroying
mountain, saith YAHWEH,
which destroyest all the earth: and I
will stretch out MINE hand upon
thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. (26) And they shall not take of thee a stone for a
corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith
YAHWEH.
(27) Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the
trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together
against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain
against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars. (28) Prepare against her the nations with the kings
of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the
land of his dominion. (29) And the land shall
tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of YAHWEH shall be performed against Babylon, to
make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. (30) The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to
fight, they have remained in their holds:
their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her
dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. (31) One post
shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king
of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
(32) And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds
they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. (33) For thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like
a threshingfloor, it is time to
thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. (34) Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured
me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me
up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me
out. (35) The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of
Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. (36) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take
vengeance for thee; and I will dry
up her sea, and make her springs dry. (37) And
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and
an hissing, without an inhabitant. (38) They
shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. (39) In their heat I will make their feasts, and I
will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and
not wake, saith YAHWEH.
(40) I
will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. (41) How is Sheshach taken! And how is the praise of
the whole earth surprised! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
(42) The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered
with the multitude of the waves thereof. (43) Her
cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man
dwelleth, neither doth any son of man
pass thereby. (44) And I
will punish Bel in Babylon, and I
will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the
nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon
shall fall. (45) My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and
deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of YAHWEH. (46) And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the
rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
(47) Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven
images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain
shall fall in the midst of her. (48) Then the
heaven and the earth, and all that is therein,
shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north,
saith YAHWEH.
(49) As Babylon hath
caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of
all the earth. (50) Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand
not still: remember YAHWEH afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your
mind. (51) We are confounded, because we have heard
reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the
sanctuaries of YAHWEH’S
house. (52) Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that I will do judgment upon her
graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. (53) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and
though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith YAHWEH.
(54) A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the
Chaldeans: (55) Because YAHWEH hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of
her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their
voice is uttered: (56) Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men
are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for YAHWEH El of recompenses shall surely
requite. (57) And I
will make drunk her princes, and her wise men,
her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a
perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is YAHWEH
of hosts. (58) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall
be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people
shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. (59) The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded
Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the
king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. (60) So
Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written
against Babylon. (61) And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest
to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; (62) Then shalt thou say, O YAHWEH, thou hast spoken against
this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast,
but that it shall be desolate for ever. (63) And it
shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of
Euphrates: (64) And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and
shall not rise from the evil that I
will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
(I) Zedekiah was one
and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (2) And he
did that which was evil in the eyes
of YAHWEH,
according to all that Jehoiakim had done. (3) For
through the anger of YAHWEH it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah,
till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the
king of Babylon. (4) And it came to pass in the ninth year of his
reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day
of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched
against it, and built forts against it round about. (5) So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year
of king Zedekiah. (6) And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in
the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. (7) Then the city was broken up, and all the men of
war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate
between the two walls, which was by
the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were
by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. (8) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the
king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was
scattered from him. (9) Then they took the king, and carried him up unto
the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment
upon him. (10) And the king of Babylon slew the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. (11) Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the
king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in
prison till the day of his death. (12) Now in
the fifth month, in the tenth day of
the month, which was the nineteenth
year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard,
which served the king of Babylon,
into Jerusalem, (13) And burned the house of YAHWEH, and the king's house; and
all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: (14) And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard,
brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. (15) Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
carried away captive certain of the
poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city,
and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the
multitude. (16) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for
vinedressers and for husbandmen. (17) Also the
pillars of brass that were in the
house of YAHWEH,
and the bases, and the brazen sea that was
in the house of YAHWEH, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the
brass of them to Babylon. (18) The caldrons also, and
the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the
vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. (19) And the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls,
and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver,
took the captain of the guard away. (20) The two
pillars, one sea, and twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of YAHWEH:
the brass of all these vessels was without weight. (21) And concerning
the pillars, the height of one pillar was
eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the
thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. (22) And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters
round about, all of brass. The second
pillar also and the pomegranates were like
unto these. (23) And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a
side; and all the pomegranates upon
the network were an hundred round
about. (24) And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the
chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
door: (25) He took also out of the city an eunuch, which
had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the
king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the
host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of
the land, that were found in the midst of the city. (26) So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took
them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. (27) And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them
to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive
out of his own land. (28) This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the
seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: (29) In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he
carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: (30) In the three and twentieth year of
Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the
Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. (31)
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, (32) And
spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, (33) And changed his prison garments: and he did
continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. (34) And for his
diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a
portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
(I) How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is
she become as a widow! She that was great
among the nations, and princess among
the provinces, how is she become tributary!
(2) She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers
she hath none to comfort her: all her
friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. (3) Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction,
and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no
rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. (4) The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to
the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins
are afflicted, and she is in
bitterness. (5) Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies
prosper; for YAHWEH
hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are
gone into captivity before the enemy. (6) And from
the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like
harts that find no pasture, and they
are gone without strength before the pursuer. (7)
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her
pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the
hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her Sabbaths. (8) Jerusalem hath grievously
sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because
they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. (9) Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she
came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O YAHWEH, behold my affliction: for
the enemy hath magnified himself. (10) The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all
her pleasant things: for she hath seen that
the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy
congregation. (11) All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have
given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O YAHWEH,
and consider; for I am become vile. (12) Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass
by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done
unto me, wherewith YAHWEH hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. (13)
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he
hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate
and faint all the day. (14) The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his
hand: they are wreathed, and come up
upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, my Sovereign hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I
am not able to rise up. (15) My Sovereign hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called
an assembly against me to crush my young men: my Sovereign hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of
Judah, as in a winepress. (16) For these things
I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter
that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because
the enemy prevailed. (17) Zion spreadeth forth her
hands, and there is none to comfort
her: YAHWEH
hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his
adversaries should be round about
him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. (18) YAHWEH is righteous; for I have rebelled against
his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins
and my young men are gone into captivity. (19) I called
for my lovers, but they deceived me:
my priests and mine elders gave up the spirit in the city, while they sought
their meat to relieve their souls. (20) Behold,
O YAHWEH;
for I am in distress: my bowels are
troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled:
abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there
is as death. (21) They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine
enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be
like unto me. (22) Let all their wickedness come before thee; and
do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs
are many, and my heart is faint.
(I) How hath my Sovereign covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth
the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
(2) My Sovereign hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not
pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of
Judah; he hath brought them down to
the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. (3) He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his
right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming
fire, which devoureth round about. (4) He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood
with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of
Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. (5) My Sovereign was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel,
he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and
hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. (6) And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle,
as if it were of a garden: he hath
destroyed his places of the assembly: YAHWEH hath caused the solemn feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and
hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. (7) My Sovereign hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath
given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a
noise in the house of YAHWEH, as in the day of a solemn feast. (8) YAHWEH hath purposed to destroy the wall of the
daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand
from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they
languished together. (9) Her gates are sunk into
the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from YAHWEH. (10) The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the
ground, and keep silence: they have
cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the
virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. (11) Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are
troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the
daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the
streets of the city. (12) They say to their
mothers, Where is corn and wine? When
they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was
poured out into their mothers' bosom. (13) What
thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter
of Zion? For thy breach is great like
the sea: who can heal thee? (14) Thy prophets have seen
vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity,
to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of
banishment. (15) All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter
of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the
city that men call The perfection of
beauty, The joy of the whole earth? (16) All
thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the
teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up:
certainly this is the day that we
looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
(17) YAHWEH hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had
commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he
hath caused thine enemy to rejoice
over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. (18) Their heart cried unto my Sovereign , O wall of the daughter
of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest;
let not the apple of thine eye cease. (19) Arise,
cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like
water before the face of my Sovereign : lift up thy hands toward him for the
life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. (20) Behold, O YAHWEH, and consider to whom thou hast done this.
Shall the women eat their fruit, and children
of a span long? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of
my Sovereign
? (21) The young and the old lie on the ground in the
streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou
hast killed, and not pitied. (22) THOU
hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of YAHWEH’S
anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath
mine enemy consumed.
(I) I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of
his wrath. (2) He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into
light. (3) Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his
hand against me all the day. (4) My flesh and my skin hath he made old: he hath
broken my bones. (5) He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. (6) He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. (7) He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out:
he hath made my chain heavy. (8) Also when I cry and shout,
he shutteth out my prayer. (9) He hath enclosed my ways
with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. (10)
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and
as a lion in secret places. (11) He hath
turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. (12) He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for
the arrow. (13) He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter
into my reins. (14) I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. (15) He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made
me drunken with wormwood. (16) He hath also broken my
teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. (17) And thou hast removed my soul far off from
peace: I forgat prosperity. (18) And I said, My strength
and my hope is perished from YAHWEH: (19)
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (20) My soul hath them
still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. (21)
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. (22) It is of YAHWEH’S mercies that we are not
consumed, because his compassions fail not. (23) They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. (24) YAHWEH is my
portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (25) YAHWEH is good
unto them that wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him. (26) It is good
that a man should both hope and
quietly wait for the salvation of YAHWEH. (27) It is good for a man that he bear the
yoke in his youth. (28) He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he
hath borne it upon him. (29) He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there
may be hope. (30) He giveth his
cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. (31) For my Sovereign will not cast off for ever: (32) But
though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude
of his mercies. (33) For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the
children of men. (34) To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the
earth, (35) to turn aside the right of a man before the face
of the most High, (36) to subvert a man in his cause, my Sovereign approveth not. (37)
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when my Sovereign commandeth it not? (38) Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not
evil and good? (39) Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for
the punishment of his sins? (40) Let us search and try our
ways, and turn again to YAHWEH. (41) Let us
lift up our heart with our hands unto
El
in the heavens. (42) We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou
hast not pardoned. (43) Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us:
thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. (44) Thou
hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our
prayer should not pass through. (45) THOU hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. (46) All our enemies have opened their mouths against
us. (47) Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and
destruction. (48) Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for
the destruction of the daughter of my people. (49)
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, (50) till YAHWEH look down, and behold from heaven. (51) Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the
daughters of my city. (52) Mine enemies chased me
sore, like a bird, without cause. (53) They
have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. (54) Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. (55) I called upon THY name, O YAHWEH, out of the low dungeon. (56) THOU
hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. (57) THOU
drewest near in the day that I called
upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. (58) O my Sovereign ,
thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. (59) O YAHWEH, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my
cause. (60) THOU
hast seen all their vengeance and all
their imaginations against me. (61) THOU hast heard their reproach, O YAHWEH, and all their imaginations against me; (62) The lips of those that rose up against me, and
their device against me all the day. (63) Behold
their sitting down, and their rising up; I am
their music. (64) Render unto them a recompense, O YAHWEH,
according to the work of their hands. (65) Give
them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. (66)
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of YAHWEH.
(I) How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are
poured out in the top of every street. (2) The
precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as
earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! (3) Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they
give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. (4) The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the
roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. (5) They that did feed
delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet
embrace dunghills. (6) For the punishment of the iniquity of the
daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that
was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. (7) Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were
whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: (8) Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are
not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered,
it is become like a stick. (9) They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for
these pine away, stricken through for want
of the fruits of the field. (10) The
hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat
in the destruction of the daughter of my people. (11) YAHWEH
hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath
kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. (12) The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants
of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should
have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. (13) For the
sins of her prophets, and the
iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of
her, (14) They have wandered as blind men in the
streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch
their garments. (15) They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch
not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall
no more sojourn there. (16) The anger of YAHWEH hath divided them; he will
no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they
favoured not the elders. (17) As for us, our eyes as
yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. (18) They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our
streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. (19) Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of
the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the
wilderness. (20) The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of YAHWEH,
was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among
the heathen. (21) Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that
dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou
shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. (22)
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will
no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O
daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
(I) Remember, O YAHWEH, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. (2) Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. (3) We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. (4) We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. (5) Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. (6) We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. (7) Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. (8) Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. (9) We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. (10) Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. (11) They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. (12) Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. (13) They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. (14) The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. (15) The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. (16) The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! (17) For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. (18) Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. (19) THOU, O YAHWEH, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. (20) Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? (21) Turn thou us unto thee, O YAHWEH, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (22) But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
(I) Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among
the captives by the river of Chebar, that
the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Elohim.
(2) In the fifth day
of the month, which was the fifth
year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, (3) The Word of YAHWEH
came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the
Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of YAHWEH was there upon him. (4) And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out
of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst
thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. (5) Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their
appearance; they had the likeness of a man. (6) And every
one had four faces, and every one had four wings. (7) And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the
colour of burnished brass. (8) And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides;
and they four had their faces and their wings. (9)
Their wings were joined one to
another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. (10) As for the likeness of their faces, they four
had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four
had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an
eagle. (11) Thus were their
faces: and their wings were stretched
upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two
covered their bodies. (12) And they went every one
straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. (13)
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it
went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out
of the fire went forth lightning. (14) And the
living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. (15) Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one
wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. (16) The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and
they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of
a wheel. (17) When they went, they went upon their four sides:
and they turned not when they went. (18) As for their rings, they were so high that they
were dreadful; and their rings were full
of eyes round about them four. (19) And when the living
creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were
lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. (20) Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went,
thither was their spirit to go; and
the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels. (21) When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the
wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. (22) And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads
of the living creature was as the
colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. (23) And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had
two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that
side, their bodies. (24) And when they went, I heard the noise of their
wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they
stood, they let down their wings. (25) And
there was a voice from the firmament that was
over their heads, when they stood, and
had let down their wings. (26) And above the firmament
that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the
appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a
man above upon it. (27) And I saw as the colour of amber, as the
appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even
upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were
the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (28) As the appearance of the bow that is in the
cloud in the day of rain, so was the
appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of YAHWEH.
And when I saw it, I fell upon my
face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
(I) And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. (2) And the spirit entered into me when he spake
unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. (3) And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the Children of Israel,
to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers
have transgressed against me, even unto
this very day. (4) For they
are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (5) And they,
whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know
that there hath been a prophet among them. (6) And thou,
son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though
briers and thorns be with thee, and
thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed
at their looks, though they be a
rebellious house. (7) And thou shalt speak MY words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear: for they are most
rebellious. (8) But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious
like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. (9) And when I looked, behold,
an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a
roll of a book was therein; (10) And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations,
and mourning, and woe.
(I) Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest;
eat this roll, and go speak unto the House of Israel. (2) So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat
that roll. (3) And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly
to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for
sweetness. (4) And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee
unto the House of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. (5) For thou art
not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the House of Israel; (6) Not to many people of a strange speech and of an
hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee
to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. (7)
But the House of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken
unto me: for all the House of Israel are impudent
and hardhearted. (8) Behold, I have made thy face strong against
their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. (9) As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy
forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. (10) Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all MY words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine
ears. (11) And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto
the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. (12) Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind
me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed
be the glory of YAHWEH from his place. (13) I heard also
the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and
the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. (14) So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away,
and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of YAHWEH
was strong upon me. (15) Then I came to them of
the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where
they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. (16) And it came to pass at the end of seven days,
that The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (17) Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the
House of Israel: therefore hear the word at MY mouth, and give them warning
from me. (18) When I
say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning,
nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same
wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at
thine hand. (19) Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not
from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but
thou hast delivered thy soul. (20) Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I lay a
stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done
shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. (21)
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man,
that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live,
because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. (22) And the hand of YAHWEH was there upon me; and he
said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. (23) Then I
arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of YAHWEH
stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my
face. (24) Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon
my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine
house. (25) But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put
bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among
them: (26) And I
will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb,
and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. (27) But when
I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt
say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for
they are a rebellious house.
(I) Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before
thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
(2) And lay siege against it, and build a fort
against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. (3) Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and
set it for a wall of iron between
thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and
thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall
be a sign to the House of Israel. (4) Lie thou
also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the House of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that
thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. (5) For I
have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the
days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the
House of Israel. (6) And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again
on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the House of Judah forty
days: I have appointed thee each day
for a year. (7) Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the
siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall
be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. (8) And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one
side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. (9) Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and
beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and
make thee bread thereof, according to
the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and
ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. (10) And thy
meat which thou shalt eat shall be by
weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. (11) Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the
sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. (12) And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out
of man, in their sight. (13) And YAHWEH said, Even thus shall the
Children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. (14) Then said I, Ah my Sovereign YAHWEH!
Behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have
I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came
there abominable flesh into my mouth. (15) Then he
said unto me, Lo, I have given thee
cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. (16) Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in
Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall
drink water by measure, and with astonishment: (17)
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and
consume away for their iniquity.
(I) And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a
barber's razor, and cause it to pass
upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and
divide the hair. (2) Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the
midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt
take a third part, and smite about it
with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. (3) Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number,
and bind them in thy skirts. (4) Then take of them again,
and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into
all the House of Israel. (5) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; This is
Jerusalem: I have set it in the
midst of the nations and countries that
are round about her. (6) And she hath changed MY judgments into wickedness more than
the nations, and MY statutes more
than the countries that are round
about her: for they have refused MY
judgments and MY statutes, they
have not walked in them. (7) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Because ye multiplied more than the
nations that are round about you, and have not walked in MY statutes, neither have kept MY judgments, neither have done
according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; (8) Therefore
thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute
judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. (9) And I
will do in thee that which I have
not done, and whereunto I will not
do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. (10) Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the
midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee
will I scatter into all the winds. (11) Wherefore, as
I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Surely, because thou hast defiled MY sanctuary with all thy detestable
things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither
shall MINE eye spare, neither will I have any pity. (12) A third part of thee shall die with the
pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a
third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. (13) Thus shall MINE
anger be accomplished, and I will
cause MY fury to rest upon them, and
I will be comforted: and they shall
know that I YAHWEH have spoken it in MY zeal, when I have
accomplished MY fury in them. (14) Moreover I
will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of
all that pass by. (15) So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an
instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I
shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I YAHWEH have spoken it. (16) When I
shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to
destroy you: and I will increase the
famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: (17) So will I
send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and
pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I YAHWEH
have spoken it.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of
Israel, and prophesy against them, (3) And say,
Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH to the mountains, and to the hills,
to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I,
even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. (4)
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. (5) And I
will lay the dead carcases of the Children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about
your altars. (6) In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be
laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid
waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your
images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. (7) And the slain shall fall in the midst of you,
and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH. (8) Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among
the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. (9) And they that escape of you shall remember ME among the nations whither they shall
be carried captives, because I am
broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from ME, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and
they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all
their abominations. (10) And they shall know that I am YAHWEH, and that I have not said
in vain that I would do this evil
unto them. (11) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil
abominations of the House of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence. (12) He that is far off shall
die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that
remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish MY fury upon them. (13) Then shall ye know that I am YAHWEH,
when their slain men shall be among
their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of
the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place
where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. (14) So will I
stretch out MY hand upon them, and
make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath,
in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) Moreover The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Also, thou son of man, thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH unto the land of Israel; An end, the end
is come upon the four corners of the land. (3) Now is the end come upon thee, and I
will send MINE anger upon thee, and
will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine
abominations. (4) And MINE
eye shall not spare thee, neither will I
have pity: but I will recompense thy
ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye
shall know that I am YAHWEH. (5) Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; An evil, an only evil, behold, is
come. (6) An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for
thee; behold, it is come. (7) The morning is come unto
thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of
the mountains. (8) Now will I
shortly pour out MY fury upon thee,
and accomplish MINE anger upon thee:
and I will judge thee according to
thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. (9) And MINE
eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity: I will recompense thee
according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH
that smiteth. (10) Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning
is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. (11) Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness:
none of them shall remain, nor of
their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. (12)
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the
seller mourn: for wrath is upon all
the multitude thereof. (13) For the seller shall not
return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,
which shall not return; neither shall
any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. (14) They have blown the trumpet, even to make all
ready; but none goeth to the battle: for MY
wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof. (15) The sword is
without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the
sword; and he that is in the city,
famine and pestilence shall devour him. (16) But they
that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of
the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. (17) All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall
be weak as water. (18) They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness
upon all their heads. (19) They shall cast their
silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their
gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of YAHWEH:
they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is
the stumblingblock of their iniquity. (20) As for
the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of
their abominations and of their
detestable things therein: therefore have I
set it far from them. (21) And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to
the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. (22) My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute MY secret place: for the
robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. (23) Make a
chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
(24) Wherefore I
will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong
to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. (25) Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace,
and there shall be none. (26) Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour
shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law
shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. (27) The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be
clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be
troubled: I will do unto them after
their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I
sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of my Sovereign YAHWEH fell there upon me. (2) Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the
appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and
from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of
amber. (3) And he put forth the form of an hand, and took
me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and
the heaven, and brought me in the visions of Elohim
to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north;
where was the seat of the image of
jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. (4) And,
behold, the glory of the Elohim of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. (5) Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine
eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the
north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in
the entry. (6) He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest
thou what they do? Even the great abominations
that the House of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from MY
sanctuary? But turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations. (7) And he
brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the
wall. (8) Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the
wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. (9) And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the
wicked abominations that they do here. (10) So I
went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable
beasts, and all the idols of the House of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round
about. (11) And there stood before them seventy men of the
ancients of the House of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the
son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of
incense went up. (12) Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen
what the ancients of the House of Israel do in the dark, every man in the
chambers of his imagery? For they say, YAHWEH seeth us not; YAHWEH hath forsaken the earth. (13) He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations
that they do. (14) Then he brought me to the door of the gate of YAHWEH’S
house which was toward the north;
and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. (15)
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this,
O son of man? Turn thee yet again, and
thou shalt see greater abominations than these. (16) And he brought me into the inner court of YAHWEH’S
house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of YAHWEH, between the porch and the
altar, were about five and twenty
men, with their backs toward the temple of YAHWEH, and their faces toward the east; and they
worshipped the sun toward the east. (17) Then he
said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O
son of man? Is it a light thing to the House of Judah that they commit the
abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with
violence, and have returned to provoke ME
to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. (18) Therefore will I also deal in fury: MINE
eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity: and though they cry in MINE
ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
(I) He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause
them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. (2) And, behold, six men came from the way of the
higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in
his hand; and one man among them was clothed
with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood
beside the brazen altar. (3) And the glory of the Elohim
of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of
the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; (4) And YAHWEH said unto him, Go through the midst of the
city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the
men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst
thereof. (5) And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye
after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye
pity: (6) Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not
near any man upon whom is the mark;
and begin at MY sanctuary. Then they
began at the ancient men which were before
the house. (7) And he said unto them, Defile the house, and
fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in
the city. (8) And it came to pass, while they were slaying
them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah my Sovereign YAHWEH! Wilt thou destroy all the residue of
Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? (9) Then said HE
unto me, The iniquity of the House of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city
full of perverseness: for they say, YAHWEH hath forsaken the earth, and YAHWEH
seeth not. (10) And as for ME
also, MINE eye shall not spare,
neither will I have pity, but I
will recompense their way upon their head. (11) And,
behold, the man clothed with linen, which had
the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou
hast commanded me.
(I) Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above
the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone,
as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. (2)
And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the
wheels, even under the cherub, and
fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in my
sight. (3) Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the
house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. (4) Then the glory of YAHWEH went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the
house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the
brightness of YAHWEH’S
glory. (5) And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of
the Almighty El when he speaketh. (6) And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take
fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and
stood beside the wheels. (7) And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto
the fire that was between the
cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who
took it, and went out. (8) And there appeared in the cherubims the form of
a man's hand under their wings. (9) And when
I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and
another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. (10) And as for
their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in
the midst of a wheel. (11) When they went, they went
upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither
the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. (12) And their whole body, and their backs, and their
hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were
full of eyes round about, even the
wheels that they four had. (13) As for the wheels, it was
cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. (14) And
every one had four faces: the first face was
the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the
fourth the face of an eagle. (15) And the cherubims were
lifted up. This is the living
creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. (16) And when
the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up
their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from
beside them. (17) When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also:
for the spirit of the living creature was
in them. (18) Then the glory of YAHWEH departed from off the
threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. (19) And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and
mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east
gate of YAHWEH’S
house; and the glory of the Elohim of Israel was over them above. (20) This is the living creature that I saw under
the Elohim
of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. (21) Every
one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the
hands of a man was under their wings.
(22) And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the
river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight
forward.
(I) Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the
east gate of YAHWEH’S
house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and
twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of
Benaiah, princes of the people. (2) Then said
he unto me, Son of man, these are the
men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: (3) Which say, It
is not near; let us build houses: this city
is the caldron, and we be the
flesh. (4) Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son
of man. (5) And the Spirit of YAHWEH fell upon me, and said unto
me, Speak; Thus saith YAHWEH; Thus have ye said, O House of Israel: for
I know the things that come into
your mind, every one of them. (6) Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and
ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. (7) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city
is the caldron: but I will bring
you forth out of the midst of it. (8) Ye have
feared the sword; and I will bring a
sword upon you, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(9) And I
will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of
strangers, and will execute judgments among you. (10)
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will
judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH. (11) This city shall
not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I
will judge you in the border of Israel: (12) And ye
shall know that I am YAHWEH: for ye have not walked in MY statutes, neither executed MY judgments, but have done after the
manners of the heathen that are round
about you. (13) And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with
a loud voice, and said, Ah my Sovereign YAHWEH!
Wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? (14) Again The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (15) Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the House of
Israel wholly, are they unto whom the
inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from YAHWEH: unto us is this land given
in possession. (16) Therefore say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries,
yet will I be to them as a little
sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (17) Therefore say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; I
will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries
where ye have been scattered, and I
will give you the land of Israel. (18) And they
shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof
and all the abominations thereof from thence. (19) And I will give them one heart, and I will
put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their
flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: (20)
That they may walk in MY statutes,
and keep MINE ordinances, and do them: and they shall be MY people, and I will be
their Elohim.
(21) But as for
them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and
their abominations, I will
recompense their way upon their own heads, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(22) Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and
the wheels beside them; and the glory of the Elohim of Israel was over them above. (23) And the glory of YAHWEH went up from the midst of
the city, and stood upon the mountain which is
on the east side of the city. (24)
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of Elohim into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So
the vision that I had seen went up from me. (25) Then I
spake unto them of the captivity all the things that YAHWEH had showed me.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH also came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a
rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear,
and hear not: for they are a
rebellious house. (3) Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff
for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy
place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though
they be a rebellious house. (4) Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in
their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their
sight, as they that go forth into captivity. (5)
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. (6) In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt
cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a
sign unto the House of Israel. (7) And I did so as I was
commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the
even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and
I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. (8) And in the morning came The Word of YAHWEH unto me, saying,
(9) Son of man, hath not the House of Israel, the
rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? (10) Say thou unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the House of Israel
that are among them. (11) Say, I am your
sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. (12) And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his
shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the
wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground
with his eyes. (13) My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in MY snare: and I will
bring him to Babylon to the land of
the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. (14) And I
will scatter toward every wind all that are
about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. (15) And they shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I shall scatter them among the nations,
and disperse them in the countries. (16) But I will leave a few men of them from the
sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all
their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know
that I am YAHWEH.
(17) Moreover The
Word of YAHWEH came to me, saying, (18) Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and
drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; (19) And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall
eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that
her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of
all them that dwell therein. (20) And the cities that are
inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall
know that I am YAHWEH.
(21) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (22) Son of man, what is that proverb that ye
have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision
faileth? (23) Tell them therefore, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; I
will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in
Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
vision. (24) For there shall be no more any vain vision nor
flattering divination within the House of Israel. (25) For I am YAHWEH: I
will speak, and the word that I
shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your
days, O rebellious house, will I say
the word, and will perform it, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(26) Again The
Word of YAHWEH came to me, saying, (27) Son of man, behold, they of the House of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. (28) Therefore say unto them,
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; There shall none of MY words be prolonged any more, but the
word which I have spoken shall be
done, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own
hearts, Hear ye The Word of YAHWEH; (3) Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that
follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! (4) O
Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. (5) Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made
up the hedge for the House of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of YAHWEH.
(6) They have seen vanity and lying divination,
saying, YAHWEH
saith: and YAHWEH
hath not sent them: and they have made others
to hope that they would confirm the word. (7)
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination,
whereas ye say, YAHWEH
saith it; albeit I have not spoken? (8) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen
lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (9) And MINE hand shall be upon the prophets
that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of MY people, neither shall they be
written in the writing of the House of Israel, neither shall they enter into
the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I
am the Sovereign YAHWEH.
(10) Because, even because they have seduced MY people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a
wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar: (11) Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that
it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great
hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. (12) Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be
said unto you, Where is the daubing
wherewith ye have daubed it? (13) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I will even rend it with a stormy wind in MY fury; and there shall be an
overflowing shower in MINE anger,
and great hailstones in MY fury to consume it. (14) So will I
break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation
thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the
midst thereof: and ye shall know that I
am YAHWEH. (15)
Thus will I accomplish MY wrath upon the wall, and upon them
that have daubed it with untempered mortar,
and will say unto you, The wall is no
more, neither they that daubed it; (16) To wit, the
prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions
of peace for her, and there is no
peace, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (17)
Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people,
which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, (18) And say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Woe to the women that sew pillows to
all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls!
Will ye hunt the souls of MY people,
and will ye save the souls alive that
come unto you? (19) And will ye pollute ME among MY people for
handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not
die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to MY people that hear your lies? (20) Wherefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. (21)
Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and
deliver MY people out of your hand,
and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(22) Because with lies ye have made the heart of the
righteous sad, whom I have not made
sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from
his wicked way, by promising him life: (23)
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver MY people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat
before me. (2) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (3) Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face:
should I be inquired of at all by
them? (4) Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them,
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Every man of the House of Israel
that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his
iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I YAHWEH
will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; (5) That I
may take the House of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged
from ME through their idols. (6) Therefore say unto the House of Israel, Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn
away your faces from all your abominations. (7) For every
one of the House of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which
separateth himself from ME, and
setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his
iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning ME; I YAHWEH
will answer him by myself: (8) And I will set MY face
against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of MY people; and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(9) And if the prophet be deceived when he hath
spoken a thing, I YAHWEH
have deceived that prophet, and I
will stretch out MY hand upon him,
and will destroy him from the midst of MY
people Israel. (10) And they shall bear the punishment of their
iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him
that seeketh unto him; (11) That the House of Israel may go no more astray
from ME, neither be polluted any
more with all their transgressions; but that they may be MY people, and I may be
their Elohim,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (12) The Word of YAHWEH
came again to me, saying, (13) Son of man, when the land
sinneth against ME by trespassing grievously,
then will I stretch out MINE hand upon it, and will break the
staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man
and beast from it: (14) Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they should deliver but their
own souls by their righteousness, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(15) If I
cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be
desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: (16) Though these
three men were in it, as I
live, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, they shall deliver neither sons nor
daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. (17) Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and
say, Sword, go through the land; so that I
cut off man and beast from it: (18) Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, they shall deliver neither sons nor
daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. (19) Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and
pour out MY fury upon it in blood,
to cut off from it man and beast: (20) Though
Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I
live, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, they shall deliver neither son nor
daughter; they shall but deliver
their own souls by their righteousness. (21) For thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; How much more when I send MY four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,
and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (22) Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant
that shall be brought forth, both sons
and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their
way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. (23) And they shall comfort you, when ye see their
ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any
tree, or than a branch which is among
the trees of the forest? (3) Shall wood be taken
thereof to do any work? Or will men take
a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? (4) Behold,
it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and
the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any
work? (5) Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no
work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? (6) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (7)
And I will set MY face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire
shall devour them; and ye shall know that I
am YAHWEH, when I set MY face against
them. (8) And I
will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) Again The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her
abominations, (3) And say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is
of the land of Canaan; thy father was
an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. (4) And as for thy nativity, in the day thou
wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor
swaddled at all. (5) None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto
thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field,
to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. (6) And when I
passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou
wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I
said unto thee when thou wast in thy
blood, Live. (7) I
have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased
and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. (8) Now when I
passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I
spread MY skirt over thee, and
covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware
unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
and thou becamest MINE. (9) Then washed I
thee with water; yea, I thoroughly
washed away thy blood from thee, and I
anointed thee with oil. (10) I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with
badgers' skin, and I girded thee
about with fine linen, and I covered
thee with silk. (11) I
decked thee also with ornaments, and I
put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. (12) And I
put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown
upon thine head. (13) Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and
thy raiment was of fine linen, and
silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and
thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. (14) And thy renown went forth among the heathen for
thy beauty: for it was perfect
through MY comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (15) But thou
didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown,
and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. (16) And of thy garments thou didst take, and
deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot
thereupon: the like things shall not
come, neither shall it be so. (17) Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of MY gold and of MY silver, which I had
given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with
them, (18) And tookest thy broidered garments, and
coveredst them: and thou hast set MINE
oil and MINE incense before them. (19) My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee,
thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(20) Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy
daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto
them to be devoured. Is this of thy
whoredoms a small matter, (21) that thou hast slain MY children, and delivered them to
cause them to pass through the fire for
them? (22) And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms
thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. (23) And it came to pass after all thy wickedness,
(woe, woe unto thee! Saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;)
(24) That thou
hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in
every street. (25) Thou hast built thy high place at every head of
the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to
every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. (26) Thou hast also committed fornication with the
Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to
provoke ME to anger. (27) Behold, therefore I have stretched out MY
hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the
daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. (28) Thou hast played the whore also with the
Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them,
and yet couldest not be satisfied. (29) Thou
hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea;
and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. (30) How weak
is thine heart, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
seeing thou doest all these things, the
work of an imperious whorish woman; (31) In that
thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine
high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou
scornest hire; (32) But as a
wife that committeth adultery, which taketh
strangers instead of her husband! (33) They
give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and
hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. (34) And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas
none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and
no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. (35) Wherefore, O harlot, hear The Word of YAHWEH: (36) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy
whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by
the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; (37) Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure,
and all them that thou hast loved,
with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about
against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all
thy nakedness. (38) And I
will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and
jealousy. (39) And I
will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent
place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy
clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. (40) They shall also bring up a company against thee,
and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their
swords. (41) And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and
execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing
the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. (42) So will I
make MY fury toward thee to rest,
and MY jealousy shall depart from
thee, and I will be quiet, and will
be no more angry. (43) Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy
youth, but hast fretted ME in all
these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness
above all thine abominations. (44) Behold, every one that
useth proverbs shall use this proverb
against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter. (45) Thou art thy
mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which
loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. (46) And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and
thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. (47) Yet hast
thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than
they in all thy ways. (48) As I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor
her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. (49) Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister
Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her
daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. (50) And they were haughty, and committed abomination
before ME: therefore I took them away as I saw good. (51) Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins;
but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified
thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. (52) Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear
thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than
they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear
thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. (53) When I
shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and
the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the
captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: (54)
That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that
thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. (55) When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall
return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to
their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former
estate. (56) For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy
mouth in the day of thy pride, (57) Before thy wickedness was
discovered, as at the time of thy reproach
of the daughters of Syria, and all that
are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee
round about. (58) Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine
abominations, saith YAHWEH. (59) For thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised
the oath in breaking the covenant. (60)
Nevertheless I will remember MY Covenant with thee in the days of
thy youth, and I will establish unto
thee an everlasting covenant. (61) Then thou shalt remember
thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and
thy younger: and I will give them
unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. (62) And I
will establish MY Covenant with
thee; and thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH: (63) That
thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more
because of thy shame, when I am
pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a
parable unto the House of Israel; (3) And say,
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; A great eagle with great wings,
longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and
took the highest branch of the cedar: (4) He
cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic;
he set it in a city of merchants. (5) He took
also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow
tree. (6) And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low
stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under
him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. (7) There was also another great eagle with great
wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him,
and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows
of her plantation. (8) It was planted in a good soil by great waters,
that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might
be a goodly vine. (9) Say thou, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit
thereof, that it wither? It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even
without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. (10) Yea, behold, being
planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind
toucheth it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew. (11) Moreover The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (12) Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not
what these things mean? Tell them,
Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king
thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; (13) And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a
covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty
of the land: (14) That the kingdom might be base, that it might
not lift itself up, but that by
keeping of his covenant it might stand. (15) But he
rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might
give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape that doeth
such things? Or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? (16) As I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath
he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even
with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. (17) Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by
casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: (18) Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the
covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. (19) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
As I live, surely MINE oath
that he hath despised, and MY Covenant
that he hath broken, even it will I
recompense upon his own head. (20) And I will spread MY net
upon him, and he shall be taken in MY
snare, and I will bring him to
Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed
against ME. (21) And all his fugitives with all his bands shall
fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds:
and ye shall know that I YAHWEH
have spoken it. (22) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I will also take of the highest
branch of the high cedar, and will set it;
I will crop off from the top of
his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: (23) In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth
boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all
fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. (24) And all the trees of the field shall know that I YAHWEH have brought down the high tree, have
exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree
to flourish: I YAHWEH have spoken and have done it.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came unto me again, saying, (2) What mean ye, that ye use this proverb
concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and
the children's teeth are set on edge? (3) As I
live, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in
Israel. (4) Behold, all souls are MINE; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is MINE: the soul that sinneth, it shall
die. (5) But if a man be just, and do that which is
lawful and right, (6) And hath
not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of
the House of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath
come near to a menstruous woman, (7) And hath
not oppressed any, but hath restored
to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread
to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; (8) He that hath
not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from
iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, (9) Hath walked in MY statutes, and hath kept MY
judgments, to deal truly; he is just,
he shall surely live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(10) If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one
of these things, (11) And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the
mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, (12)
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored
the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed
abomination, (13) Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken
increase: shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these
abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. (14) Now, lo, if
he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and
considereth, and doeth not such like, (15) That hath not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the House of Israel, hath not
defiled his neighbour's wife, (16) Neither hath oppressed
any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry,
and hath covered the naked with a garment, (17) That hath taken off his hand from the
poor, that hath not received usury
nor increase, hath executed MY judgments,
hath walked in MY statutes; he shall
not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. (18) As for his
father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his
iniquity. (19) Yet say ye, Why? Doth not the son bear the
iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all MY statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. (20) The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son
shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the
iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and
the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (21)
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep
all MY statutes, and do that which
is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. (22) All his transgressions that he hath committed,
they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he
shall live. (23) Have I
any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? Saith my Sovereign YAHWEH:
and not that he should return from
his ways, and live? (24) But when the righteous turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and
doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his
righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he
hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. (25) Yet ye say, The way of my Sovereign is not equal. Hear now, O
House of Israel; Is not MY way
equal? Are not your ways unequal? (26) When a
righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity
that he hath done shall he die. (27) Again,
when the wicked man turneth away from
his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and
right, he shall save his soul alive. (28) Because
he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath
committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. (29) Yet saith the House of Israel, The way of my Sovereign is not equal. O House of Israel, are not MY ways equal? Are not your ways
unequal? (30) Therefore I
will judge you, O House of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be
your ruin. (31) Cast away from you all your transgressions,
whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for
why will ye die, O House of Israel? (32) For I have no pleasure in the death of him
that dieth, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH:
wherefore turn yourselves, and live
ye.
(I) Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of
Israel, (2) and say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished
her whelps among young lions. (3) And she brought up one of
her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it
devoured men. (4) The nations also heard of him; he was taken in
their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. (5) Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took
another of her whelps, and made him a
young lion. (6) And he went up and down among the lions, he
became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. (7) And he knew their desolate
palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the
fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. (8)
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread
their net over him: he was taken in their pit. (9)
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon:
they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the
mountains of Israel. (10) Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by
the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. (11) And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them
that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she
appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. (12) But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast
down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were
broken and withered; the fire consumed them. (13)
And now she is planted in the
wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. (14) And fire
is gone out of a rod of her branches, which
hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a
lamentation.
(I) And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain
of the elders of Israel came to inquire of YAHWEH, and sat before me. (2) Then came The
Word of YAHWEH unto me, saying, (3) Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and
say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Are ye come to inquire of ME? As I
live, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, I will not be inquired of by you. (4)
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know
the abominations of their fathers: (5) And say
unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
In the day when I chose Israel, and
lifted up MINE hand unto the seed of
the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up MINE hand unto them, saying, I
am YAHWEH your Elohim; (6) In the day that
I lifted up MINE hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into
a land that I had espied for them,
flowing with milk and honey, which is the
glory of all lands: (7) Then said I
unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not
yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am
YAHWEH your Elohim. (8) But they rebelled against ME, and would not hearken unto ME:
they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did
they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I
said, I will pour out MY fury upon them, to accomplish MY anger against them in the midst of
the land of Egypt. (9) But I
wrought for MY name’s sake, that it
should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I
made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. (10) Wherefore I
caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the
wilderness. (11) And I
gave them MY statutes, and showed
them MY judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
(12) Moreover also I gave them MY Sabbaths,
to be a sign between ME and them,
that they might know that I am YAHWEH that sanctify them. (13) But the House of Israel rebelled against ME in the wilderness: they walked not
in MY statutes, and they despised MY judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them;
and MY Sabbaths they greatly
polluted: then I said, I would pour out MY fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. (14) But I
wrought for MY name’s sake, that it
should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. (15) Yet also
I lifted up MY hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the
glory of all lands; (16) Because they despised MY judgments, and walked not in MY statutes, but polluted MY
Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. (17) Nevertheless MINE eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the
wilderness. (18) But I
said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your
fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their
idols: (19) I am YAHWEH your Elohim; walk in MY statutes, and keep MY
judgments, and do them; (20) And hallow MY Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign
between ME and you, that ye may know
that I am YAHWEH
your Elohim.
(21) Notwithstanding the children rebelled against ME: they walked not in MY statutes, neither kept MY judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them;
they polluted MY Sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out MY fury
upon them, to accomplish MY anger
against them in the wilderness. (22)
Nevertheless I withdrew MINE hand, and wrought for MY name’s sake, that it should not be
polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. (23) I lifted up MINE hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen,
and disperse them through the countries; (24) Because
they had not executed MY judgments,
but had despised MY statutes, and
had polluted MY Sabbaths, and their
eyes were after their fathers' idols. (25)
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments
whereby they should not live; (26) And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass
through the fire all that openeth the
womb, that I might make them
desolate, to the end that they might know that I am YAHWEH. (27) Therefore, son of man, speak unto the House of
Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed ME,
in that they have committed a trespass against ME. (28) For when
I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up MINE hand to
give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and
they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation
of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out
there their drink offerings. (29) Then I said unto them, What is the
high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
(30) Wherefore say unto the House of Israel, Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Are ye polluted after the manner of
your fathers? And commit ye whoredom after their abominations? (31) For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your
sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even
unto this day: and shall I be inquired
of by you, O House of Israel? As I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
I will not be inquired of by you. (32) And that which cometh into your mind shall not
be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the
countries, to serve wood and stone. (33) As I
live, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, surely with a mighty hand, and with
a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: (34) And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of
the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. (35)
And I will bring you into the
wilderness of the people, and there will I
plead with you face to face. (36) Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the
wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I
plead with you, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(37) And I
will cause you to pass under the rod, and I
will bring you into the bond of the covenant: (38)
And I will purge out from among you
the rebels, and them that transgress against ME: I will bring them
forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the
land of Israel: and ye shall know that I
am YAHWEH. (39)
As for you, O House of Israel, thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto ME: but pollute ye MY holy
name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. (40) For in MINE
holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, there shall all the House of Israel, all
of them in the land, serve ME: there
will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the
firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. (41) I
will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the
countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. (42) And ye shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I shall bring you into the land of
Israel, into the country for the
which I lifted up MINE hand to give it to your fathers. (43) And there shall ye remember your ways, and all
your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in
your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. (44) And ye shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I have wrought with you for MY name’s sake, not according to your
wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye House of Israel, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (45) Moreover
The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me, saying, (46) Son of man, set thy face
toward the south, and drop thy word toward
the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; (47) And say to the forest of the south, Hear The Word of YAHWEH;
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree
in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all
faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. (48) And all flesh shall see that I YAHWEH have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
(49) Then said I,
Ah my Sovereign
YAHWEH! They say of ME, Doth he not speak parables?
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and
drop thy word toward the holy places,
and prophesy against the land of Israel, (3) And say
to the land of Israel, Thus saith YAHWEH; Behold, I am against thee, and
will draw forth MY sword out of his
sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. (4) Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore
shall MY sword go forth out of his
sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: (5) That all flesh may know that I YAHWEH have drawn forth MY sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. (6) Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the
breaking of thy loins; and with
bitterness sigh before their eyes. (7) And it
shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? That thou shalt
answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all
hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be
weak as water: behold, it cometh, and
shall be brought to pass, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(8) Again The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (9) Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith YAHWEH;
Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: (10) It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is
furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? It contemneth the rod
of MY son, as every tree. (11) And he hath given it to
be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is
furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. (12) Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon MY people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the
sword shall be upon MY people: smite
therefore upon thy thigh. (13) Because it
is a trial, and what if the sword contemn
even the rod? It shall be no more, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (14) Thou
therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine
hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of
the slain: it is the sword of the
great men that are slain, which
entereth into their privy chambers. (15) I have set the point of the sword
against all their gates, that their heart
may faint, and their ruins be
multiplied: ah! It is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. (16) Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on
the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
(17) I
will also smite MINE hands together,
and I will cause MY fury to rest: I YAHWEH
have said it. (18) The Word
of YAHWEH came unto me again, saying, (19) Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways,
that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out
of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. (20) Appoint a way, that the sword may come to
Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. (21) For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of
the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with
images, he looked in the liver. (22) At his
right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the
mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to
cast a mount, and to build a fort. (23) And it shall be unto them as a false divination
in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance
the iniquity, that they may be taken. (24)
Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your
transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear;
because, I say, that ye are
come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. (25) And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose
day is come, when iniquity shall have an
end, (26) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same:
exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. (27) I
will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. (28) And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH concerning the Ammonites, and
concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of
the glittering: (29) Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they
divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their
iniquity shall have an end. (30) Shall I
cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where
thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. (31)
And I will pour out MINE indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of
MY wrath, and deliver thee into the
hand of brutish men, and skilful to
destroy. (32) Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood
shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I YAHWEH
have spoken it.
(I) Moreover The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou
judge the bloody city? Yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations. (3) Then say thou, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of
it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
(4) Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou
hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and
thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all
countries. (5) Those that
be near, and those that be far
from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous
and much vexed. (6) Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in
thee to their power to shed blood. (7) In thee
have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt
by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the
widow. (8) Thou hast despised MINE holy things, and hast profaned MY Sabbaths. (9) In thee are men that carry
tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of
thee they commit lewdness. (10) In thee have they
discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set
apart for pollution. (11) And one hath committed
abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his
daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's
daughter. (12) In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood;
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy
neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten ME, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(13) Behold, therefore I have smitten MINE hand
at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in
the midst of thee. (14) Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be
strong, in the days that I shall
deal with thee? I YAHWEH
have spoken it, and will do it. (15) And I will scatter thee among the heathen,
and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of
thee. (16) And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself
in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH. (17) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (18) Son of man, the House of Israel is to ME become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead,
in the midst of the furnace; they are even
the dross of silver. (19) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Because ye are all become dross, behold,
therefore I will gather you into the
midst of Jerusalem. (20) As they
gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the
furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it;
so will I gather you in MINE anger and in MY
fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. (21) Yea, I
will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of MY wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. (22) As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace,
so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I YAHWEH have poured out MY fury upon you.
(23) And The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me, saying, (24) Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor
rained upon in the day of indignation. (25) There is a
conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening
the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious
things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. (26) Her priests have violated
MY law, and have profaned MINE holy things: they have put no difference between
the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their
eyes from MY Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (27) Her princes in the midst
thereof are like wolves ravening the
prey, to shed blood, and to destroy
souls, to get dishonest gain. (28) And her prophets have daubed them with
untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and
divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, when YAHWEH
hath not spoken. (29) The people of the land have used oppression, and
exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed
the stranger wrongfully. (30) And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the gap before ME for the
land, that I should not destroy it:
but I found none. (31) Therefore have I poured out MINE
indignation upon them; I have
consumed them with the fire of MY
wrath: their own way have I
recompensed upon their heads, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came again unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, there were two women, the daughters
of one mother: (3) And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they
committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there
they bruised the teats of their virginity. (4) And the
names of them were Aholah the elder,
and Aholibah her sister: and they were MINE,
and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were
their names; Samaria is Aholah,
and Jerusalem Aholibah. (5) And Aholah played the
harlot when she was MINE; and she
doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her
neighbours, (6) Which were
clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men,
horsemen riding upon horses. (7) Thus she committed her
whoredoms with them, with all them that
were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all
their idols she defiled herself. (8) Neither
left she her whoredoms brought from
Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her
virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. (9)
Wherefore I have delivered her into
the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. (10) These discovered her nakedness: they took her
sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous
among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. (11) And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her
inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. (12) She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable
young men. (13) Then I
saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, (14) And that she
increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the
images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, (15) Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding
in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the
manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: (16) And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she
doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. (17) And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of
love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them,
and her mind was alienated from them. (18) So she
discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then MY mind was alienated from her, like as
MY mind was alienated from her
sister. (19) Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to
remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the
land of Egypt. (20) For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose
issue is like the issue of horses. (21) Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness
of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
(22) Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is
alienated, and I will bring them
against thee on every side; (23) The Babylonians, and all
the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and
all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and
rulers, great generals and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. (24) And they shall come against thee with chariots,
wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round
about: and I will set judgment
before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. (25) And I
will set MY jealousy against thee,
and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and
thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons
and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. (26) They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes,
and take away thy fair jewels. (27) Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee,
and thy whoredom brought from the
land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor
remember Egypt any more. (28) For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: (29) And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and
shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the
nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
(30) I
will do these things unto thee,
because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. (31) Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister;
therefore will I give her cup into
thine hand. (32) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to
scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. (33)
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment
and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. (34) Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds
thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (35)
Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because thou hast forgotten ME, and
cast ME behind thy back, therefore
bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. (36) YAHWEH
said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? Yea,
declare unto them their abominations; (37) That
they have committed adultery, and blood is
in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have
also caused their sons, whom they bare unto ME, to pass for them through the
fire, to devour them. (38) Moreover this they have done unto ME: they have defiled MY sanctuary in the same day, and have
profaned MY Sabbaths. (39) For when they had slain their children to their
idols, then they came the same day into MY
sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of MINE house. (40) And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to
come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent;
and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and
deckedst thyself with ornaments, (41) And
satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast
set MINE incense and MINE oil. (42) And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the
common sort were brought Sabeans from
the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon
their heads. (43) Then said I
unto her that was old in adulteries,
Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? (44) Yet they went in unto
her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto
Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. (45) And the
righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and
after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is
in their hands. (46) For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I will bring up a company upon them,
and will give them to be removed and spoiled. (47)
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their
swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their
houses with fire. (48) Thus will I
cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do
after your lewdness. (49) And they shall recompense
your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall
know that I am my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, The Word of YAHWEH came unto me,
saying, (2) Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of
Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. (3) And utter a parable unto the rebellious house,
and say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Set on a pot, set it on, and also
pour water into it: (4) Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and
the shoulder; fill it with the choice
bones. (5) Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the
bones under it, and make it boil
well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. (6) Wherefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! Bring it out
piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. (7) For her
blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it
not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; (8) That it
might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be
covered. (9) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Woe to the bloody city! I will even
make the pile for fire great. (10) Heap on wood, kindle the
fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. (11) Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that
the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. (12)
She hath wearied herself with lies,
and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. (13) In thy
filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not
purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused MY fury to rest upon thee. (14) I YAHWEH have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I
will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I
repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge
thee, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (15) Also The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me, saying, (16) Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of
thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall
thy tears run down. (17) Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead,
bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and
cover not thy lips, and eat not the
bread of men. (18) So I spake unto the people in the morning: and
at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. (19) And the people said unto ME, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? (20) Then I answered them, The Word of YAHWEH came unto me,
saying, (21) Speak unto the House of Israel, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I will profane MY
sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that
which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left
shall fall by the sword. (22) And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. (23) And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall
not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one
toward another. (24) Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to
all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am
the Sovereign
YAHWEH. (25) Also,
thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire
of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their
daughters, (26) That he
that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? (27) In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him
which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be
a sign unto them; and they shall know that I
am YAHWEH.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came again unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites,
and prophesy against them; (3) And say unto the
Ammonites, Hear the word of my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Because thou saidst, Aha, against MY sanctuary, when it was profaned; and
against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the House of
Judah, when they went into captivity; (4) Behold,
therefore I will deliver thee to the
men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and
make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink
thy milk. (5) And I
will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for
flocks: and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH. (6) For thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet,
and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; (7) Behold, therefore I will stretch out MINE
hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people,
and I will cause thee to perish out
of the countries: I will destroy
thee; and thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH. (8) Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Because that Moab and Seir do say,
Behold, the House of Judah is like
unto all the heathen; (9) Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the
cities, from his cities which are on
his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and
Kiriathaim, (10) Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and
will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among
the nations. (11) And I
will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH. (12) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because that Edom hath dealt against the House of Judah by taking vengeance,
and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; (13) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I will also stretch out MINE hand upon Edom, and will cut off
man and beast from it; and I will
make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. (14) And I
will lay MY vengeance upon Edom by
the hand of MY people Israel: and
they shall do in Edom according to MINE
anger and according to MY fury; and
they shall know MY vengeance, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (15) Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Because the Philistines have dealt
by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; (16) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I will stretch out MINE hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and
destroy the remnant of the sea coast. (17) And I will execute great vengeance upon
them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I shall lay MY vengeance upon them.
(I) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against
Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the
gates of the people: she is turned unto ME:
I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: (3) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up
against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. (4) And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and
break down her towers: I will also
scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. (5) It shall be a
place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH:
and it shall become a spoil to the nations. (6) And her
daughters which are in the field
shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH. (7) For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses,
and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. (8) He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in
the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against
thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. (9) And he
shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break
down thy towers. (10) By reason of the abundance of his horses their
dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and
of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men
enter into a city wherein is made a breach. (11) With the
hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy
people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. (12) And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and
make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and
destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and
thy dust in the midst of the water. (13) And I will cause the noise of thy songs to
cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. (14) And I
will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I YAHWEH have spoken it, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(15) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded
cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? (16) Then all the princes of the sea shall come down
from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered
garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the
ground, and shall tremble at every moment,
and be astonished at thee. (17) And they shall take up a
lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men,
the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which
cause their terror to be on all that
haunt it! (18) Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall;
yea, the isles that are in the sea
shall be troubled at thy departure. (19) For thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not
inhabited; when I shall bring up the
deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; (20) When I
shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of
old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate
of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the
living; (21) I
will make thee a terror, and thou shalt
be no more: though thou be sought
for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came again unto me, saying, (2) Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for
Tyrus; (3) And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at
the entry of the sea, which art a
merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of
perfect beauty. (4) Thy borders are
in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. (5) They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from
Lebanon to make masts for thee. (6) Of the oaks of Bashan have they made
thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. (7)
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth
to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which
covered thee. (8) The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy
mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. (9) The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers:
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy
merchandise. (10) They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in
thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set
forth thy comeliness. (11) The men of Arvad with
thine army were upon thy walls round
about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy
walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. (12) Tarshish was
thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in
thy fairs. (13) Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the
persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. (14) They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy
fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. (15) The men
of Dedan were thy merchants; many
isles were the merchandise of thine
hand: they brought thee for a present
horns of ivory and ebony. (16) Syria was thy merchant by reason of the
multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds,
purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. (17) Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy
market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. (18) Damascus was
thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude
of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. (19) Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in
thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. (20) Dedan was thy
merchant in precious clothes for chariots. (21) Arabia,
and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and
goats: in these were they thy
merchants. (22) The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy
fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. (23) Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of
Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. (24) These were
thy merchants in all sorts of things,
in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound
with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. (25) The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy
market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the
seas. (26) Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters:
the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. (27) Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy
mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise,
and all thy men of war, that are in thee,
and in all thy company which is in
the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy
ruin. (28) The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry
of thy pilots. (29) And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall
come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; (30) And shall cause their voice to be heard against
thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they
shall wallow themselves in the ashes: (31) And they
shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and
they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. (32) And in
their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? (33) When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou
filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the
multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. (34)
In the time when thou shalt be broken
by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in
the midst of thee shall fall. (35) All the inhabitants of
the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid,
they shall be troubled in their countenance.
(36) The merchants among the people shall hiss at
thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt
be any more.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came again unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus,
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am an el, I sit in the seat of Elohim,
in the midst of the seas; yet thou art
a man, and not el, though thou set thine heart as the heart of Elohim: (3) Behold,
thou art wiser than Daniel; there is
no secret that they can hide from thee: (4) With thy
wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast
gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: (5) By thy
great wisdom and by thy traffic hast
thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: (6) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of Elohim;
(7) Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and
they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall
defile thy brightness. (8) They shall bring thee down
to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. (9) Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee,
I am Elohim?
But thou shalt be a man, and no El,
in the hand of him that slayeth thee. (10) Thou
shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(11) Moreover The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (12) Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king
of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. (13) Thou hast been in Eden the garden of Elohim; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl,
the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and
gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in
the day that thou wast created. (14) Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;
and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of Elohim; thou hast walked up and down in the midst
of the stones of fire. (15) Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till
iniquity was found in thee. (16) By the multitude of thy
merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore I will cast thee
as profane out of the mountain of Elohim:
and I will destroy thee, O covering
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (17)
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom
by reason of thy brightness: I will
cast thee to the ground, I will lay
thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (18)
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the
iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I
bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. (19)
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou
shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou
be any more. (20) Again The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (21) Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and
prophesy against it, (22) And say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I am against thee, O
Zidon; and I will be glorified in
the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I shall have executed judgments in her,
and shall be sanctified in her. (23) For I will send into her pestilence, and
blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by
the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH. (24) And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto
the House of Israel, nor any grieving
thorn of all that are round about
them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am my Sovereign YAHWEH. (25) Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; When I shall have gathered the House of Israel from the people among
whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the
heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to MY
servant Jacob. (26) And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall
build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all
those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH
their Elohim.
(I) In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of
the month, The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: (3) Speak, and say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I am against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers,
which hath said, My river is mine
own, and I have made it for myself. (4) But I
will put hooks in thy jaws, and I
will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst
of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. (5) And I
will leave thee thrown into the
wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open
fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the
fowls of the heaven. (6) And all the inhabitants of
Egypt shall know that I am YAHWEH, because they have been a staff of reed to
the House of Israel. (7) When they took hold of
thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they
leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. (8) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I will bring a sword upon
thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. (9)
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH:
because he hath said, The river is mine,
and I have made it. (10) Behold, therefore I am against thee, and
against thy rivers, and I will make
the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate,
from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. (11) No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot
of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. (12) And I
will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among
the cities that are laid waste shall
be desolate forty years: and I will
scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the
countries. (13) Yet thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
At the end of forty years will I
gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: (14) And I
will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land
of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. (15) It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither
shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
(16) And it shall be no more the confidence of the
House of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity
to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Sovereign YAHWEH.
(17) And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year,
in the first month, in the first day of the month, The Word of YAHWEH came unto me,
saying, (18) Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his
army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: (19) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I will give the land of
Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and
take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. (20) I
have given him the land of Egypt for his
labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for ME, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(21) In that day will I cause the horn of the House of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the
mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH came again unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! (3) For the day is
near, even the day of YAHWEH is near,
a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. (4) And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great
pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall
take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. (5) Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the
mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall
with them by the sword. (6) Thus saith YAHWEH;
They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come
down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (7) And they
shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the
cities that are wasted. (8) And they shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
(9) In that day shall messengers go forth from ME in ships to make the careless
Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt:
for, lo, it cometh. (10) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I will also make the multitude of
Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. (11) He and his people with him, the terrible of the
nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords
against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. (12)
And I will make the rivers dry, and
sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of
strangers: I YAHWEH have spoken it. (13) Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images
to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt:
and I will put a fear in the land of
Egypt. (14) And I
will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute
judgments in No. (15) And I
will pour MY fury upon Sin, the
strength of Egypt; and I will cut
off the multitude of No. (16) And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall
be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses
daily. (17) The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall
by the sword: and these cities shall
go into captivity. (18) At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened,
when I shall break there the yokes
of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud
shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. (19) Thus will I
execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am YAHWEH. (20) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the
first month, in the seventh day of the month, that The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (21) Son of man, I
have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up
to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. (22) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong,
and that which was broken; and I
will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. (23)
And I will scatter the Egyptians
among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. (24) And I
will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put MY sword in his hand: but I
will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of
a deadly wounded man. (25) But I
will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall
fall down; and they shall know that I am
YAHWEH, when I shall put MY sword
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land
of Egypt. (26) And I
will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the
countries; and they shall know that I am
YAHWEH.
(I) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, speak unto
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy
greatness? (3) Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing
shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. (4) The waters made him great, the deep set him up
on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little
rivers unto all the trees of the field. (5) Therefore
his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were
multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters,
when he shot forth. (6) All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his
boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth
their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. (7) Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length
of his branches: for his root was by great waters. (8) The cedars in the garden of Elohim
could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut
trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of Elohim was like unto him in his beauty. (9) I
have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of
Eden, that were in the garden of Elohim, envied him. (10) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top
among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; (11) I
have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he
shall surely deal with him: I have
driven him out for his wickedness. (12) And
strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him:
upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his
boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the
earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. (13) Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven
remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: (14) To the end that none of all the trees by the
waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the
thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink
water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth,
in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. (15) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
In the day when he went down to the grave I
caused a mourning: I covered the
deep for him, and I restrained the
floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field
fainted for him. (16) I
made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and
all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,
shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. (17) They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst
of the heathen. (18) To whom art thou thus like in glory and in
greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet shalt thou be brought down with the
trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst
of the uncircumcised with them that be slain
by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all
his multitude, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth
month, in the first day of the month,
that The Word of YAHWEH came unto me,
saying, (2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and
thou art as a whale in the seas: and
thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and
fouledst their rivers. (3) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; I
will therefore spread out MY net
over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in MY net. (4)
Then will I leave thee upon the
land, I will cast thee forth upon
the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee,
and I will fill the beasts of the
whole earth with thee. (5) And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with
thy height. (6) I
will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers
shall be full of thee. (7) And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the
sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. (8) All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness
upon thy land, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(9) I
will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries
which thou hast not known. (10) Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be
horribly afraid for thee, when I
shall brandish MY sword before them;
and they shall tremble at every moment,
every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. (11) For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. (12) By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt,
and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. (13) I
will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither
shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble
them. (14) Then will I
make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (15) When I shall make the land of Egypt
desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell
therein, then shall they know that I am YAHWEH. (16) This is the lamentation wherewith they shall
lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament
for her, even for Egypt, and for all
her multitude, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(17) It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the
fifteenth day of the month, that The Word of YAHWEH came unto me,
saying, (18) Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and
cast them down, even her, and the
daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them
that go down into the pit. (19) Whom dost thou pass in
beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. (20) They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is
delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. (21) The strong among the mighty shall speak to him
out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie
uncircumcised, slain by the sword. (22) Asshur is there and all her company: his graves
are about him: all of them slain,
fallen by the sword: (23) Whose graves are set in
the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them
slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. (24) There is Elam
and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the
sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth,
which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their
shame with them that go down to the pit. (25) They
have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves
are round about him: all of them
uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land
of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the
pit: he is put in the midst of them that
be slain. (26) There is Meshech,
Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are
round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they
caused their terror in the land of the living. (27)
And they shall not lie with the mighty that
are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons
of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities
shall be upon their bones, though they
were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. (28) Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the
uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them
that are slain with the sword. (29) There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes,
which with their might are laid by them
that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and
with them that go down to the pit. (30) There be the princes of the north, all of
them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their
terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and
bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. (31) Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted
over all his multitude, even Pharaoh
and all his army slain by the sword, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(32) For I
have caused MY terror in the land of
the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH.
(I) Again The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, speak to the children of thy people,
and say unto them, When I bring the
sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and
set him for their watchman: (3) If when he seeth the sword
come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; (4) Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet,
and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall
be upon his own head. (5) He heard the sound of the
trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh
warning shall deliver his soul. (6) But if
the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be
not warned; if the sword come, and take any
person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood
will I require at the watchman's hand.
(7) So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the House of Israel; therefore thou
shalt hear the word at MY mouth, and
warn them from ME. (8) When I
say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou
shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that
wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at
thine hand. (9) Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way
to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but thou hast delivered thy soul. (10)
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the House of Israel; Thus ye speak,
saying, If our transgressions and our sins be
upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? (11) Say unto them, As I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, I
have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his
way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O
House of Israel? (12) Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the
children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver
him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither
shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness
in the day that he sinneth. (13) When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust
to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall
not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die
for it. (14) Again, when I
say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do
that which is lawful and right; (15) If the wicked restore the pledge, give
again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing
iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. (16) None of his sins that he hath committed shall be
mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall
surely live. (17) Yet the children of thy people say, The way of my
Sovereign
is not equal: but as for them,
their way is not equal. (18) When the righteous
turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die
thereby. (19) But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and
do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. (20) Yet ye say, The way of my Sovereign is not equal. O ye House of Israel, I will judge you every one after his
ways. (21) And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our
captivity, in the tenth month, in the
fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of
Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. (22) Now the hand of YAHWEH was upon me in the evening,
afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in
the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. (23) Then The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (24) Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of
the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land:
but we are many; the land is given us
for inheritance. (25) Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your
eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? (26) Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination,
and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? (27) Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the
sword, and him that is in the open
field will I give to the beasts to
be devoured, and they that be in the
forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. (28) For I
will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and
the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. (29) Then shall they know that I am YAHWEH, when I have laid the land most desolate
because of all their abominations which they have committed. (30) Also, thou son of man, the children of thy
people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the
houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I
pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from YAHWEH. (31) And they come unto thee as the people cometh,
and they sit before thee as MY people, and they hear thy words, but
they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness. (32) And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant
voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do
them not. (33) And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will
come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of
Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the
flocks? (3) Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool,
ye kill them that are fed: but ye
feed not the flock. (4) The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither
have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye
brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was
lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. (5) And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became
meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. (6) My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and
upon every high hill: yea, MY flock
was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. (7) Therefore, ye shepherds, hear The Word of YAHWEH;
(8) As I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
surely because MY flock became a
prey, and MY flock became meat to
every beast of the field, because there
was no shepherd, neither did MY
shepherds search for MY flock, but
the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not MY
flock; (9) Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear The Word of YAHWEH;
(10) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I
will require MY flock at their hand,
and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds
feed themselves any more; for I will
deliver MY flock from their mouth,
that they may not be meat for them. (11) For thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, I, even
I, will both search MY sheep, and seek them out. (12) As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day
that he is among his sheep that are scattered;
so will I seek out MY sheep, and will deliver them out of
all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. (13) And I
will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and
will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel
by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. (14) I
will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall
their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. (15) I
will feed MY flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith my
Sovereign
YAHWEH. (16) I will seek that which was lost, and
bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but
I will destroy the fat and the
strong; I will feed them with
judgment. (17) And as for
you, O MY flock, thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he
goats. (18) Seemeth it
a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread
down with your feet the residue of your pastures? And to have drunk of the deep
waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? (19) And as for
MY flock, they eat that which ye
have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your
feet. (20) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. (21) Because ye have thrust with side and with
shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered
them abroad; (22) Therefore will I save MY flock, and
they shall no more be a prey; and I
will judge between cattle and cattle. (23) And I will set up one shepherd over them,
and he shall feed them, even MY servant David; he shall feed them,
and he shall be their shepherd. (24) And I YAHWEH will be their Elohim, and MY servant David a prince among them; I YAHWEH
have spoken it. (25) And I
will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to
cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep
in the woods. (26) And I
will make them and the places round about MY
hill a blessing; and I will cause
the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. (27) And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit,
and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land,
and shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I
have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of
those that served themselves of them. (28) And they
shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land
devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. (29) And I
will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed
with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. (30) Thus shall they know that I YAHWEH
their Elohim
am with them, and that they, even the House of Israel, are
MY people, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (31) And ye MY flock, the flock of MY pasture, are men, and I am
your Elohim,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH.
(I) Moreover The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and
prophesy against it, (3) And say unto it, Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, O mount Seir, I am
against thee, and I will stretch
out MINE hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. (4) I will
lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH.
(5) Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and
hast shed the blood of the Children
of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: (6) Therefore, as I
live, saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith
thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. (7) Thus will I
make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him
that returneth. (8) And I
will fill his mountains with his slain men:
in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall
that are slain with the sword. (9) I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not
return: and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH. (10) Because
thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we
will possess it; whereas YAHWEH was there: (11)
Therefore, as I live, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
I will even do according to thine
anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred
against them; and I will make myself
known among them, when I have judged
thee. (12) And thou shalt know that I am YAHWEH, and that I have heard
all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel,
saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. (13) Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against ME, and have multiplied your words
against ME: I have heard them. (14) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
When the whole earth rejoiceth, I
will make thee desolate. (15) As thou didst rejoice at
the inheritance of the House of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate,
O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all
of it: and they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of
Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear The Word of YAHWEH: (2) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are
ours in possession: (3) Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on
every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and
ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are
an infamy of the people: (4) Therefore, ye mountains of
Israel, hear the word of my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH to the mountains, and to the hills,
to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities
that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the
heathen that are round about; (5) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Surely in the fire of MY jealousy
have I spoken against the residue of
the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed MY land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to
cast it out for a prey. (6) Prophesy therefore
concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to
the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I have spoken in MY jealousy and in MY fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: (7) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I have lifted up MINE hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their
shame. (8) But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot
forth your branches, and yield your fruit to MY people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. (9) For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown: (10) And I
will multiply men upon you, all the House of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes
shall be builded: (11) And I
will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit:
and I will settle you after your old
estates, and will do better unto you than
at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I
am YAHWEH. (12)
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon
you, even MY people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be
their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. (13)
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved
thy nations; (14) Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither
bereave thy nations any more, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(15) Neither will I cause men to hear in
thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of
the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (16) Moreover
The Word of YAHWEH
came unto me, saying, (17) Son of man, when the
House of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and
by their doings: their way was before ME
as the uncleanness of a removed woman. (18)
Wherefore I poured MY fury upon them for the blood that
they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: (19) And I scattered them among the heathen, and
they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according
to their doings I judged them. (20) And when they entered unto the heathen, whither
they went, they profaned MY holy name,
when they said to them, These are the
people of YAHWEH,
and are gone forth out of his land. (21) But I had pity for MINE holy name, which the House of Israel had profaned among the
heathen, whither they went. (22) Therefore say unto the
House of Israel, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I do not this for your sakes, O House of Israel, but for MINE holy name's sake, which ye have
profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. (23)
And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among
the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall
know that I am YAHWEH,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. (24) For I
will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and
will bring you into your own land. (25) Then
will I sprinkle clean water upon
you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you. (26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I
will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (27)
And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY
judgments, and do them. (28) And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be
MY people, and I will be your Elohim. (29) I will also save you from all your
uncleannesses: and I will call for
the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. (30) And I
will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall
receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. (31) Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and
your doings that were not good, and
shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your
abominations. (32) Not for your sakes do I this, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, be it known unto you: be ashamed and
confounded for your own ways, O House of Israel. (33)
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your
iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the
wastes shall be builded. (34) And the desolate land
shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. (35) And they shall say, This land that was desolate
is become like the Garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities
are become fenced, and are inhabited. (36) Then the heathen that are left round about you
shall know that I YAHWEH
build the ruined places, and plant
that that was desolate: I YAHWEH
have spoken it, and I will do it. (37) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
I will yet for this be inquired of by the House of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. (38) As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in
her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and
they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) The hand of YAHWEH was upon me, and carried me out in the
spirit of YAHWEH,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, (2) And caused me to pass by
them round about: and, behold, there were
very many in the open valley; and, lo, they
were very dry. (3) And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones
live? And I answered, O my Sovereign YAHWEH,
thou knowest. (4) Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these
bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear The Word of YAHWEH. (5) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
unto these bones; Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: (6) And I
will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with
skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(7) So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came
together, bone to his bone. (8) And when I beheld, lo, the
sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. (9) Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may
live. (10) So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the
breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an
exceeding great army. (11) Then he said unto me, Son
of man, these bones are the whole House of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones
are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. (12) Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, O MY people, I will open
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into
the land of Israel. (13) And ye shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I have opened your graves, O MY people, and brought you up out of
your graves, (14) And shall put MY spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I YAHWEH have spoken it, and performed it, saith
my Sovereign
. (15) The Word
of YAHWEH came again unto me, saying, (16) Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,
and write upon it, For Judah, and for the Children of Israel his companions:
then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
and for all the House of Israel his
companions: (17) And join them one to another into one stick; and
they shall become one in thine hand. (18) And when
the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us
what thou meanest by these? (19) Say unto them, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows,
and will put them with him, even with
the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in MINE hand. (20) And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in
thine hand before their eyes. (21) And say unto them, Thus
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, I will take the Children of Israel from among the heathen, whither
they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own
land: (22) And I
will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one
king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither
shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: (23) Neither shall they defile themselves any more with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their
transgressions: but I will save them
out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse
them: so shall they be MY people,
and I will be their Elohim.
(24) And David MY
servant shall be king over them; and
they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in MY judgments, and observe MY
statutes, and do them. (25) And they shall dwell in
the land that I have given unto
Jacob MY servant, wherein your
fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for
ever: and MY servant David shall be their prince for ever. (26) Moreover I
will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant
with them: and I will place them,
and multiply them, and will set MY
sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. (27)
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their Elohim, and they shall be MY people. (28) And the heathen shall
know that I YAHWEH do sanctify Israel, when MY sanctuary shall be in the midst of
them for evermore.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land
of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, (3) And say, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: (4) And I
will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen,
all of them clothed with all sorts of
armour, even a great company with bucklers
and shields, all of them handling swords: (5) Persia,
Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (6) Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah
of the north quarters, and all his bands: and
many people with thee. (7) Be thou prepared, and
prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee,
and be thou a guard unto them. (8) After many days thou shalt
be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people,
against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is
brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. (9) Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou
shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many
people with thee. (10) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
It shall also come to pass, that at
the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil
thought: (11) And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them
dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, (12) To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn
thine hand upon the desolate places that
are now inhabited, and upon the people that
are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that
dwell in the midst of the land. (13) Sheba,
and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof,
shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast thou gathered thy
company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and
goods, to take a great spoil? (14) Therefore, son of man,
prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
In that day when MY people of Israel
dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
(15) And thou shalt come from thy place out of the
north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a
great company, and a mighty army: (16) And thou
shalt come up against MY people of
Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against MY land, that the heathen may know ME, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. (17) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by MY servants the prophets of Israel,
which prophesied in those days many years
that I would bring thee against
them? (18) And it shall come to pass at the same time when
Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
that MY fury shall come up in MY
face. (19) For in MY
jealousy and in the fire of MY wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the
land of Israel; (20) So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of
the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep
upon the earth, and all the men that are upon
the face of the earth, shall shake at MY
presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall
fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. (21)
And I will call for a sword against
him throughout all MY mountains,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH: every man's sword shall be against
his brother. (22) And I
will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people
that are with him, an overflowing
rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. (23)
Thus will I magnify myself, and
sanctify myself; and I will be known
in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
(I) Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say,
Thus saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: (2) And I will turn thee back, and leave but
the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,
and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: (3) And I
will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall
out of thy right hand. (4) Thou shalt fall upon the
mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be
devoured. (5) Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(6) And I
will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles:
and they shall know that I am YAHWEH. (7) So will I make MY holy name known in the midst of MY people Israel; and I
will not let them pollute MY holy name any more: and the heathen
shall know that I am YAHWEH, the Holy One in Israel. (8) Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; this is
the day whereof I have spoken. (9) And they that dwell in the cities of Israel
shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears,
and they shall burn them with fire seven years: (10)
So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall
burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and
rob those that robbed them, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(11) And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley
of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall
they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. (12) And
seven months shall the House of Israel be burying of them, that they may
cleanse the land. (13) Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown
the day that I shall be glorified,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (14) And they
shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury
with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse
it: after the end of seven months shall they search. (15) And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the
buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. (16) And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they
cleanse the land. (17) And, thou son of man, thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to
every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on
every side to MY sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the
mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. (18) Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink
the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of
bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. (19) And ye
shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of MY sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. (20) Thus ye
shall be filled at MY table with
horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (21) And I will set MY glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see MY judgment that I have executed, and MY
hand that I have laid upon them. (22) So the House of Israel shall know that I am YAHWEH
their Elohim
from that day and forward. (23) And the heathen shall
know that the House of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because
they trespassed against ME,
therefore hid I MY face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so
fell they all by the sword. (24) According to their
uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid MY
face from them. (25) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
Now will I bring again the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole House of Israel, and will be jealous
for MY holy name; (26) After that they have borne their shame, and all
their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against ME, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. (27) When I
have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their
enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; (28) Then shall they know that I am YAHWEH their Elohim,
which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own
land, and have left none of them any more there. (29)
Neither will I hide MY face any more from them: for I have poured out MY spirit upon the House of Israel, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the
beginning of the year, in the tenth day of
the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the
selfsame day the hand of YAHWEH was upon me, and brought me thither. (2) In the visions of Elohim
brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by
which was as the frame of a city on
the south. (3) And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a
line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. (4) And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold
with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee; for to the intent
that I might show them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the House
of Israel. (5) And behold a wall on the outside of the house
round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth:
so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
(6) Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward
the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the
gate, which was one reed broad; and
the other threshold of the gate, which
was one reed broad. (7) And every little chamber was one
reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of
the gate by the porch of the gate within was
one reed. (8) He measured also the porch of the gate within,
one reed. (9) Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight
cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. (10) And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on
that side; they three were of one
measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. (11) And he measured the breadth of the entry of the
gate, ten cubits; and the length of
the gate, thirteen cubits. (12) The space also before the
little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the
little chambers were six cubits on
this side, and six cubits on that side. (13) He
measured then the gate from the roof of one
little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. (14) He made also posts of threescore cubits, even
unto the post of the court round about the gate. (15)
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the
inner gate were fifty cubits. (16) And there
were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the
gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm
trees. (17) Then brought he me into the outward court, and,
lo, there were chambers, and a
pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. (18) And the
pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. (19) Then he measured the breadth from the forefront
of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred
cubits eastward and northward. (20) And the gate of the
outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and
the breadth thereof. (21) And the little chambers
thereof were three on this side and
three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the
measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. (22) And their windows, and their arches, and their
palm trees, were after the measure of
the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps;
and the arches thereof were before
them. (23) And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the
north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred
cubits. (24) After that he brought me toward the south, and
behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the
arches thereof according to these measures. (25) And there were windows in it and in the
arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. (26) And there
were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees,
one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. (27) And there
was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate
to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. (28) And he
brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate
according to these measures; (29) And the little chambers
thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these
measures: and there were windows in
it and in the arches thereof round about: it
was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. (30) And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. (31) And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps. (32) And he brought me into the inner court toward
the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures. (33) And the little chambers thereof, and the posts
thereof, and the arches thereof, were according
to these measures: and there were windows
therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. (34) And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and
the going up to it had eight steps. (35) And he brought me to the north gate, and
measured it according to these
measures; (36) The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof,
and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five
and twenty cubits. (37) And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and
the going up to it had eight steps. (38) And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where
they washed the burnt offering. (39) And in
the porch of the gate were two tables
on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering
and the sin offering and the trespass offering. (40)
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side,
which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. (41) Four tables were
on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight
tables, whereupon they slew their
sacrifices. (42) And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half
long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they
laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. (43) And within were
hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. (44) And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and
their prospect was toward the south:
one at the side of the east gate having the
prospect toward the north. (45) And he said unto me, This
chamber, whose prospect is toward the
south, is for the priests, the
keepers of the charge of the house. (46) And the
chamber whose prospect is toward the
north is for the priests, the keepers
of the charge of the altar: these are the
sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to YAHWEH to minister unto him. (47) So he measured the court, an hundred cubits
long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. (48) And he brought me to the porch of the house, and
measured each post of the porch, five
cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three
cubits on that side. (49) The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; and he brought me by the
steps whereby they went up to it: and there
were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
(I) Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the
posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other
side, which was the breadth of the
tabernacle. (2) And the breadth of the door was ten cubits: and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other
side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty
cubits. (3) Then went he inward, and measured the post of
the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door,
seven cubits. (4) So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits;
and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. (5) After he measured the wall of the house, six
cubits; and the breadth of every side
chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. (6) And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered
into the wall which was of the house
for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not
hold in the wall of the house. (7) And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the
side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about
the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to
the highest by the midst. (8) I saw also the height of
the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. (9) The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of
the side chambers that were within. (10) And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every
side. (11) And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another
door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. (12) Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall
of the building was five cubits thick
round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. (13) So he measured the house, an hundred cubits
long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an
hundred cubits long; (14) Also the breadth of the
face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred
cubits. (15) And he measured the length of the building over
against the separate place which was behind
it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred
cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; (16) The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the
galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, ceiled
with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; (17) To that above the door, even unto the inner
house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by
measure. (18) And it was
made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; (19) So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young
lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. (20) From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. (21) The posts of the temple were squared, and the
face of the sanctuary; the appearance of
the one as the appearance of the
other. (22) The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the
corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before YAHWEH. (23) And the
temple and the sanctuary had two doors. (24) And the
doors had two leaves apiece, two
turning leaves; two leaves for the
one door, and two leaves for the other door.
(25) And there
were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees,
like as were made upon the walls; and
there were thick planks upon the face
of the porch without. (26) And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the
other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon
the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
(I) Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way
toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. (2) Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. (3) Over against the twenty cubits which were for the
inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery
against gallery in three stories. (4) And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and
their doors toward the north. (5) Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were
higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. (6) For they were
in three stories, but had not
pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost
from the ground. (7) And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on
the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. (8) For the length of the
chambers that were in the utter court
was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the
temple were an hundred cubits. (9) And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one
goeth into them from the utter court. (10) The
chambers were in the thickness of the
wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over
against the building. (11) And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers
which were toward the north, as long
as they, and as broad as they: and
all their goings out were both
according to their fashions, and according to their doors. (12) And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall
toward the east, as one entereth into them. (13) Then
said he unto me, The north chambers and the
south chambers, which are before the
separate place, they be holy
chambers, where the priests that approach unto YAHWEH shall eat the most holy
things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and
the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. (14) When the priests enter
therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments
wherein they minister; for they are holy;
and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for
the people. (15) Now when he had made an end of measuring the
inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it
round about. (16) He measured the east side with the measuring
reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. (17) He measured the north side, five hundred reeds,
with the measuring reed round about. (18) He
measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. (19) He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the
measuring reed. (20) He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall
round about, five hundred reeds long,
and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the
profane place.
(I) Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: (2) And, behold, the glory of the Elohim
of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his
glory. (3) And it was
according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the
city: and the visions were like the
vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon MY face. (4) And the glory of YAHWEH
came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. (5) So the
spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory
of YAHWEH
filled the house. (6) And I heard him
speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. (7) And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of MY throne, and the place of the soles
of MY feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the
Children of Israel for ever, and MY holy
name, shall the House of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the
carcases of their kings in their high places. (8) In
their setting of their threshold by MY
thresholds, and their post by MY
posts, and the wall between ME and
them, they have even defiled MY holy
name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in MINE anger. (9) Now let them put away their whoredom, and the
carcases of their kings, far from ME,
and I will dwell in the midst of
them for ever. (10) Thou son of man, show the House [Temple]
to the House of Israel, that
they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. (11) And IF they be
ashamed of all that they have done, show
them [the House of Israel] the form of the House, and the fashion thereof,
and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms
thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the
laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may
keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. (12) This is the
law of the House; upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round
about shall be most holy. Behold,
this is the law of the House. (13) And these are
the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a
cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. (14) And from the bottom upon the ground even to
the lower settle shall be two cubits,
and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall
be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
(15) So the altar shall
be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. (16) And the
altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the
four squares thereof. (17) And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the
border about it shall be half a
cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a
cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. (18) And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; These are
the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer
burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. (19) And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites
that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto ME, to minister unto ME,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, a young bullock for a sin offering.
(20) And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and
put it on the four horns of it, and
on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt
thou cleanse and purge it. (21) Thou shalt take the
bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place
of the house, without the sanctuary. (22) And on
the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin
offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. (23) When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock
without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. (24) And thou shalt offer them before YAHWEH,
and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto YAHWEH.
(25) Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also
prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. (26) Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify
it; and they shall consecrate themselves. (27) And when
these days are expired, it shall be, that
upon the eighth day, and so forward,
the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace
offerings; and I will accept you,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH.
(I) Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward
sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. (2) Then said YAHWEH
unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall
enter in by it; because YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, hath entered in by it,
therefore it shall be shut. (3) It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread
before YAHWEH;
he shall enter by the way of the porch of that
gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. (4) Then brought he me the way of the north gate
before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of YAHWEH filled the house of YAHWEH:
and I fell upon my face. (5) And YAHWEH said unto me, Son of man,
mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the
ordinances of the house of YAHWEH, and all the laws thereof; and mark well
the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. (6) And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the House of Israel, Thus saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH; O ye House of Israel, let it
suffice you of all your abominations, (7) In that ye
have brought into MY sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and
uncircumcised in flesh, to be in MY
sanctuary, to pollute it, even MY house, when ye offer MY bread, the fat and the blood, and
they have broken MY Covenant because
of all your abominations. (8) And ye have not kept the
charge of MINE holy things: but ye
have set keepers of MY charge in MY sanctuary for yourselves. (9) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter
into MY sanctuary, of any stranger
that is among the Children of Israel.
(10) And the Levites that are gone away far from ME, when Israel went astray, which went
astray away from ME after their
idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. (11) Yet they
shall be ministers in MY sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house,
and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the
sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto
them. (12) Because they ministered unto them before their
idols, and caused the House of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up MINE hand against them, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH,
and they shall bear their iniquity. (13) And they
shall not come near unto ME, to do
the office of a priest unto ME, nor
to come near to any of MY holy
things, in the most holy place: but
they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. (14) But I
will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof,
and for all that shall be done therein. (15) But the
priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of MY sanctuary when the Children of
Israel went astray from ME, they
shall come near to ME to minister
unto ME, and they shall stand before
ME to offer unto ME the fat and the blood, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH: (16) They
shall enter into MY sanctuary, and
they shall come near to MY table, to
minister unto ME, and they shall
keep MY charge. (17) And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall
be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they
minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. (18) They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads,
and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth
sweat. (19) And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people,
they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the
holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not
sanctify the people with their garments. (20) Neither
shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall
only poll their heads. (21) Neither shall any priest
drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. (22) Neither shall they take for their wives a widow,
nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the House
of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. (23)
And they shall teach MY people the difference between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (24) And in controversy they shall stand in judgment;
and they shall judge it according to MY judgments: and they shall keep MY Laws and MY statutes in all MINE
assemblies; and they shall hallow MY
Sabbaths. (25) And they shall come at no dead person to defile
themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for
brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. (26) And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto
him seven days. (27) And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary,
unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin
offering, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(28) And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am
their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am
their possession. (29) They shall eat the meat
offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated
thing in Israel shall be theirs. (30) And the
first of all the firstfruits of all things,
and every oblation of all, of every sort
of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the
priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine
house. (31) The priests shall not eat of any thing that is
dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
(I) Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for
inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto YAHWEH, an holy portion of the
land: the length shall be the length
of five and twenty thousand reeds, and
the breadth shall be ten thousand.
This shall be holy in all the borders
thereof round about. (2) Of this there shall be for
the sanctuary five hundred in length, with
five hundred in breadth, square round
about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. (3) And of this measure shalt thou measure the
length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it
shall be the sanctuary and the most
holy place. (4) The holy portion
of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which
shall come near to minister unto YAHWEH: and it shall be a place for their houses,
and an holy place for the sanctuary. (5) And the
five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also
the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession
for twenty chambers. (6) And ye shall appoint the
possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long,
over against the oblation of the holy portion:
it shall be for the whole House of Israel. (7)
And a portion shall be for the prince
on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the
city, before the oblation of the holy portion,
and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and
from the east side eastward: and the length shall
be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east
border. (8) In the land shall be his possession in Israel:
and MY princes shall no more oppress
MY people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the House of Israel
according to their tribes. (9) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel:
remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your
exactions from MY people, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (10) Ye shall
have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (11) The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure,
that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth
part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. (12) And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels,
fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. (13) This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the
sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part
of an ephah of an homer of barley: (14)
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten
baths are an homer: (15) And one lamb out of the flock, out of two
hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a
burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (16) All the
people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. (17) And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the
Sabbaths, in all solemnities of the
House of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and
the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the
House of Israel. (18) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a
young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: (19) And the priest shall take of the blood of the
sin offering, and put it upon the
posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and
upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. (20)
And so thou shalt do the seventh day of
the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. (21) In the first month,
in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the Passover, a feast of
seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. (22)
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people
of the land a bullock for a sin
offering. (23) And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a
burnt offering to YAHWEH, seven bullocks and seven rams without
blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. (24) And he
shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a
ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. (25) In the
seventh month, in the fifteenth day
of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to
the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat
offering, and according to the oil.
(I) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six
working days; but on the Sabbath it
shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. (2) And the prince shall enter by the way of the
porch of that gate without, and shall
stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering
and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate:
then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. (3) Likewise the people of the land shall worship at
the door of this gate before YAHWEH in the Sabbaths and in the new moons. (4) And the
burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto YAHWEH in the Sabbath day shall be six
lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. (5) And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as
he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. (6) And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without
blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. (7) And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah
for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand
shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. (8) And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in
by the way of the porch of that gate,
and he shall go forth by the way thereof. (9) But when
the people of the land shall come before YAHWEH in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in
by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south
gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the
way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he
came in, but shall go forth over against it. (10)
And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when
they go forth, shall go forth. (11) And in the feasts and in
the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah
to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an
ephah. (12) Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary
burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto YAHWEH, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and
he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth;
and after his going forth one shall
shut the gate. (13) Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto YAHWEH of a lamb of the first year without
blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. (14)
And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of
an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a
meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto YAHWEH. (15) Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat
offering, and the oil, every morning for a
continual burnt offering. (16) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH; If the prince give a gift unto any of his
sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. (17) But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one
of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall
return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. (18) Moreover the prince shall not take of the
people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance
out of his own possession: that MY
people be not scattered every man from his possession. (19) After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the
holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there
was a place on the two sides westward.
(20) Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and
the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to
sanctify the people. (21) Then he brought me forth
into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court;
and, behold, in every corner of the court there
was a court. (22) In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four
corners were of one measure. (23) And there
was a row of building round about
in them, round about them four, and it
was made with boiling places under the rows round about. (24) Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house
shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
(I) Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house;
and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward:
for the forefront of the house stood
toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of
the house, at the south side of the
altar. (2) Then brought he me out of the way of the gate
northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that
looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. (3) And when the man that had the line in his hand
went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through
the waters; the waters were to the
ankles. (4) Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
through the waters; the waters were to
the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. (5) Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass
over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be
passed over. (6) And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me
to return to the brink of the river. (7) Now when
I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. (8) Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea,
the waters shall be healed. (9) And it shall come to pass,
that every thing that liveth, which
moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a
very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they
shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. (10) And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto
Eneglaim; they shall be a place to
spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of
the great sea, exceeding many. (11) But the miry places
thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to
salt. (12) And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this
side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not
fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new
fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the
sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for
medicine. (13) Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
This shall be the border, whereby ye
shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. (14) And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another:
concerning the which I lifted up MINE hand to give it unto your fathers:
and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. (15) And this shall
be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the
way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; (16) Hamath,
Berothah, Sibraim, which is between
the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. (17) And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan,
the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. (18) And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran,
and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east
sea. And this is the east side. (19) And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea.
And this is the south side southward.
(20) The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over
against Hamath. This is the west
side. (21) So shall ye divide this land unto you according
to the tribes of Israel. (22) And it shall come to
pass, that ye shall divide it by lot
for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which
shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country
among the Children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the
tribes of Israel. (23) And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(I) Now these are the
names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as
one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast
of Hamath; for these are his sides east and
west; a portion for Dan. (2) And by the border of Dan, from the east side
unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
(3) And by the border of Asher, from the east side
even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
(4) And by the border of Naphtali, from the east
side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
(5) And by the border of Manasseh, from the east
side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
(6) And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side
even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
(7) And by the border of Reuben, from the east side
unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
(8) And by the border of Judah, from the east side
unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and
twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and
in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the
west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. (9) The oblation that ye shall offer unto YAHWEH shall be of five and twenty thousand in
length, and of ten thousand in breadth. (10) And for
them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north
five and twenty thousand in length, and
toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in
breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the
sanctuary of YAHWEH
shall be in the midst thereof. (11) It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of
Zadok; which have kept MY charge,
which went not astray when the Children of Israel went astray, as the Levites
went astray. (12) And this oblation
of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border
of the Levites. (13) And over against the border of the priests the
Levites shall have five and twenty
thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and
the breadth ten thousand. (14) And they shall not sell
of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto YAHWEH. (15) And the five thousand, that are left in the
breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and
for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. (16) And these shall
be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and
the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four
thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. (17) And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the
north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and
toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and
fifty. (18) And the residue in length over against the
oblation of the holy portion shall be ten
thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the
oblation of the holy portion; and the
increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. (19) And they that serve the city shall serve it out
of all the tribes of Israel. (20) All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by
five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the
possession of the city. (21) And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side
and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over
against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border,
and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border,
over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation;
and the sanctuary of the house shall be in
the midst thereof. (22) Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and
from the possession of the city, being in
the midst of that which is the
prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for
the prince. (23) As for the rest of the tribes, from the east
side unto the west side, Benjamin shall
have a portion. (24) And by the border of Benjamin, from the east
side unto the west side, Simeon shall
have a portion. (25) And by the border of Simeon, from the east side
unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
(26) And by the border of Issachar, from the east
side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
(27) And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side
unto the west side, Gad a portion. (28) And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward,
the border shall be even from Tamar unto the
waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. (29) This is the
land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance,
and these are their portions, saith
my Sovereign
YAHWEH. (30) And
these are the goings out of the city
on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. (31) And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates
northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. (32) And at the east side four thousand and five
hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one
gate of Dan. (33) And at the south side four thousand and five
hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar,
one gate of Zebulun. (34) At the west side four
thousand and five hundred, with their
three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. (35) It was round
about eighteen thousand measures: and
the name of the city from that day shall be, YAHWEH is there.
(I) In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah
came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. (2) And my Sovereign gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the
vessels of the house of Elohim:
which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his Elohim;
and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his Elohim. (3) And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of
his eunuchs, that he should bring certain
of the Children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; (4) Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and
cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the
king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the
Chaldeans. (5) And the king appointed them a daily provision of
the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three
years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. (6) Now among these were of the children of Judah,
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: (7) Unto whom
the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah,
of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. (8) But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which
he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not
defile himself. (9) Now Elohim
had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. (10) And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel,
I fear my sovereign the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for
why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? Then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. (11) Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of
the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, (12) Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days;
and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. (13) Then let our countenances be looked upon before
thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's
meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. (14)
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. (15) And at the end of ten days their countenances
appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the
portion of the king's meat. (16) Thus Melzar took away the
portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them
pulse. (17) As for these four children, Elohim
gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had
understanding in all visions and dreams. (18) Now at
the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the
prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. (19) And the king communed with them; and among them
all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood
they before the king. (20) And in all matters of
wisdom and understanding, that the
king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. (21) And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
(I) And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep
brake from him. (2) Then the king commanded to call the magicians,
and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king
his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. (3) And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a
dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. (4) Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack,
O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the
interpretation. (5) The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The
thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the
interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be
made a dunghill. (6) But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation
thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore
show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. (7) They answered again and said, Let the king tell
his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. (8) The king answered and said, I know of certainty
that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. (9) But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
there is but one decree for you: for
ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be
changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the
interpretation thereof. (10) The Chaldeans answered
before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the
king's matter: therefore there is no
king, great, nor ruler, that asked
such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. (11) And it is a
rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it
before the king, except the ELAH, whose dwelling is not with flesh. (12) For this cause the king was angry and very
furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. (13) And the decree went forth
that the wise men should be slain;
and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. (14) Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to
Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: (15) He answered and said to Arioch the king's
captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made
the thing known to Daniel. (16) Then Daniel went in, and
desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the
king the interpretation. (17) Then Daniel went to his
house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his
companions: (18) That they would desire mercies of the ELAH of
heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish
with the rest of the wise men of
Babylon. (19) Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a
night vision. Then Daniel blessed the ELAH of heaven. (20)
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of ELAH for ever and ever: for wisdom
and might are his: (21) And he changeth the times and the seasons: he
removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and
knowledge to them that know understanding: (22) He
revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (23) I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou ELAH of
my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now
what we desired of thee: for thou hast now
made known unto us the king's matter. (24)
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the
wise men of Babylon: he went and said
thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of
Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the
interpretation. (25) Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in
haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah,
that will make known unto the king the interpretation. (26) The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to
make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
(27) Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and
said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the
soothsayers, show unto the king; (28) But
there is a ELAH
in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar
what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon
thy bed, are these; (29) As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should
come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what
shall come to pass. (30) But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me
for any wisdom that I have more than
any living, but for their sakes that
shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know
the thoughts of thy heart. (31) Thou, O king, sawest, and
behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. (32) This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and
his thighs of brass, (33) His legs of iron, his
feet part of iron and part of clay. (34) Thou
sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon
his feet that were of iron and clay,
and brake them to pieces. (35) Then was the iron, the
clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and
became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them
away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image
became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (36) This is the
dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. (37) Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the ELAH of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power,
and strength, and glory. (38) And wheresoever the
children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath
he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. (39) And after thee shall arise another kingdom
inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule
over all the earth. (40) And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in
pieces and bruise. (41) And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part
of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there
shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron
mixed with miry clay. (42) And as the toes of the feet were part
of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. (43) And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. (44) And in the days of these kings shall the ELAH of
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for
ever. (45) Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut
out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great ELAH hath made known to the king
what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (46) Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face,
and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and
sweet odours unto him. (47) The king answered unto
Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that
your ELAH
is a ELAH of ELAH, and a MASTER of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. (48) Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave
him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon,
and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. (49) Then Daniel requested of
the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the
province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in
the gate of the king.
(I) Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he
set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. (2) Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather
together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers,
the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to
the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (3) Then the princes, the governors, and captains,
the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up. (4) Then an herald cried
aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, (5) That at
what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: (6) And whoso
falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of
a burning fiery furnace. (7) Therefore at that time,
when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the
languages, fell down and worshipped
the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (8) Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came
near, and accused the Jews. (9) They spake and said to the
king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. (10) Thou, O
king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music,
shall fall down and worship the golden image: (11)
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that
he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (12) There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over
the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these
men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy elahs, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (13) Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. (14) Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, do not ye serve my elahs, nor
worship the golden image which I have set up? (15)
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and
worship the image which I have made; well:
but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace; and who is that
ELAH
that shall deliver you out of my hands? (16)
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter. (17) If it be so, our ELAH whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. (18) But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that
we will not serve thy elah, nor worship the golden image which thou
hast set up. (19) Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the
form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that
they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be
heated. (20) And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. (21) Then these men were bound in their coats, their
hosen, and their hats, and their other garments,
and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. (22) Therefore because the king's commandment was
urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men
that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. (23)
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the
midst of the burning fiery furnace. (24) Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his
counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They
answered and said unto the king, True, O king. (25)
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the
fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of ELAH. (26) Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of
the burning fiery furnace, and spake,
and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high ELAH,
come forth, and come hither. Then
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. (27) And the princes, governors, and captains, and
the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose
bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither
were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. (28) Then Nebuchadnezzar
spake, and said, Blessed be the ELAH of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his
servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded
their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any elah, except their own ELAH. (29) Therefore I make a decree, That every people,
nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the ELAH of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall
be made a dunghill: because there is no other ELAH that can deliver after this
sort. (30) Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
in the province of Babylon.
(I) Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and
languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. (2) I thought it good to show the signs and wonders
that the high ELAH
hath wrought toward me. (3) How great are his signs! And how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his
dominion is from generation to
generation. (4) I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and
flourishing in my palace: (5) I saw a dream which made
me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
(6) Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the
wise men of Babylon before me, that
they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. (7) Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did
not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. (8) But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose
name was Belteshazzar, according to
the name of my ELAH,
and in whom is the spirit of the holy
ELAH:
and before him I told the dream, saying,
(9) O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because
I know that the spirit of the holy ELAH is in
thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have
seen, and the interpretation thereof. (10) Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed;
I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. (11) The tree grew, and was strong, and the height
thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
(12) The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the
field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs
thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. (13) I saw in
the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came
down from heaven; (14) He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the
tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit:
let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: (15) Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the
earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field;
and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with
the beasts in the grass of the earth: (16) Let his
heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him: and let
seven times pass over him. (17) This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and
the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know
that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he
will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. (18)
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare
the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the
interpretation: but thou art able;
for the spirit of the holy ELAH is in
thee. (19) Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts
troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the
interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My
master, the dream be to them that
hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. (20) The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was
strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the
earth; (21) Whose leaves were
fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and
upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: (22) It is thou,
O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and
reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. (23) And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy
one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet
leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and
brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of
heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till
seven times pass over him; (24) This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my master the
king: (25) That they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat
grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times
shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. (26)
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom
shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do
rule. (27) Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable
unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by
showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. (28) All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. (29) At the end of twelve months he walked in the
palace of the kingdom of Babylon. (30) The king
spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of
the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? (31) While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee
it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. (32)
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat
grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the
most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. (33) The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon
Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his
body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. (34)
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven,
and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I
praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his
kingdom is from generation to
generation: (35) And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or
say unto him, What doest thou? (36) At the same time my
reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and
brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my magnates sought unto me;
and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. (37) Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour
the King of heaven, all whose works are truth,
and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
(I) Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his
magnates, and drank wine before the thousand. (2)
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver
vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his
princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. (3) Then they brought the golden vessels that were
taken out of the temple of the house of ELAH which was
at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines,
drank in them. (4) They drank wine, and praised the ELAH of
gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (5) In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's
hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of
the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. (6) Then the king's countenance was changed, and his
thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his
knees smote one against another. (7) The king
cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise
men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read
this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with
scarlet, and have a chain of gold
about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. (8) Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. (9) Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and
his countenance was changed in him, and his magnates were astonied. (10) Now the
queen by reason of the words of the king and his magnates came into the banquet
house: and the queen spake and said,
O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy
countenance be changed: (11) There is a man in thy
kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the
holy ELAH;
and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the
wisdom of the ELAH,
was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the
magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
(12) Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge,
and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and
dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named
Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. (13) Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel,
Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of
Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? (14) I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of
the ELAH
is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
(15) And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they
should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof:
but they could not show the interpretation of the thing: (16) And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make
interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and
make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with
scarlet, and have a chain of gold
about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. (17) Then Daniel answered and said before the king,
Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read
the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. (18) O thou king, the most high ELAH gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father
a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: (19)
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages,
trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he
kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (20) But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind
hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his
glory from him: (21) And he was driven from the sons of men; and his
heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his
body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high ELAH
ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he
appointeth over it whomsoever he will. (22) And thou
his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all
this; (23) But hast lifted up thyself against the MASTER
of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and
thou, and thy magnates, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them;
and thou hast praised the ELAH of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood,
and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the ELAH in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (24) Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and
this writing was written. (25) And this is the writing that was written, MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. (26) This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; ELAH hath numbered thy kingdom, and
finished it. (27) TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art
found wanting. (28) PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the
Medes and Persians. (29) Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed
Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain
of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should
be the third ruler in the kingdom. (30) In that
night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (31) And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years
old.
It pleased Darius to set
over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole
kingdom; (2) And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give
accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. (3) Then this Daniel was preferred above the
presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. (4) Then the presidents and princes sought to find
occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none
occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful,
neither was there any error or fault found in him. (5) Then said these men, We shall not find any
occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his ELAH. (6) Then these presidents and princes assembled
together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. (7) All the presidents of the kingdom, the
governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted
together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that
whosoever shall ask a petition of any ELAH or man for thirty days, save of thee, O
king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. (8)
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not
changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. (9) Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the
decree. (10) Now when Daniel knew that the writing was
signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber
toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and
gave thanks before his ELAH, as he did aforetime. (11) Then these men assembled, and found Daniel
praying and making supplication before his ELAH. (12) Then
they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast
thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any ELAH or man within thirty days, save of thee, O
king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The
thing is true, according to the law
of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. (13)
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of
Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but
maketh his petition three times a day. (14) Then the
king, when he heard these words, was
sore displeased with himself, and set his
heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the
sun to deliver him. (15) Then these men assembled unto the king, and said
unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the
king establisheth may be changed. (16) Then the
king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now
the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy ELAH whom thou servest continually,
he will deliver thee. (17) And a stone was brought,
and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet,
and with the signet of his magnates; that the purpose might not be changed
concerning Daniel. (18) Then the king went to his palace, and passed the
night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his
sleep went from him. (19) Then the king arose very
early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. (20) And when he came to the den, he cried with a
lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the
king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living ELAH,
is thy ELAH,
whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? (21) Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for
ever. (22) My ELAH hath sent his angel, and hath shut the
lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency
was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. (23) Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and
commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken
up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he
believed in his ELAH.
(24) And the king commanded, and they brought those
men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them
into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions
had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came
at the bottom of the den. (25) Then king Darius wrote
unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be
multiplied unto you. (26) I make a decree, That in
every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the ELAH of
Daniel: for he is the living ELAH,
and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. (27) He
delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in
earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. (28) So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius,
and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
(I) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. (2) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by
night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. (3) And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another. (4) The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings:
I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the
earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to
it. (5) And behold another beast, a second, like to a
bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and
they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (6) After this I beheld, and lo another, like a
leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also
four heads; and dominion was given to it. (7) After
this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and
terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (8) I considered the horns, and, behold, there came
up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first
horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. (9) I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and
the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was
white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. (10) A fiery stream issued and
came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten
thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the
books were opened. (11) I beheld then because of the voice of the great
words which the horn spake: I beheld even
till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning
flame. (12) As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had
their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
(13) I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the
clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near
before him. (14) And there was given him dominion, and glory, and
a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his
dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed. (15) I Daniel
was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my
body, and the visions of my head troubled me. (16) I came near unto one of them that stood by, and
asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the
interpretation of the things. (17) These great beasts, which
are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. (18) But the saints of the most High shall take the
kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. (19) Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his
feet; (20) And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the
other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great
things, whose look was more stout
than his fellows. (21) I beheld, and the same horn made war with the
saints, and prevailed against them; (22) Until
the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most
High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. (23) Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the
fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall
devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. (24) And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall
be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. (25) And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of
the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. (26) But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take
away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. (27) And the kingdom and
dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be
given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey him. (28) Hitherto
is the end of the matter. As for me
Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but
I kept the matter in my heart.
(I) In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared unto me, even unto me
Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. (2) And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when
I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in
a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. (3) Then I
lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram
which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher
than the other, and the higher came up last. (4) I
saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts
might stand before him, neither was there
any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will,
and became great. (5) And as I was considering, behold, an he goat
came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground:
and the goat had a notable horn
between his eyes. (6) And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. (7) And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he
was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns:
and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to
the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram
out of his hand. (8) Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when
he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones
toward the four winds of heaven. (9) And out
of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward
the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. (10) And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon
them. (11) Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place
of his sanctuary was cast down. (12) And an
host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression,
and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. (13) Then I heard one saint speaking, and another
saint said unto that certain saint which
spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of
desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? (14) And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three
hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. (15) And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and
sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance
of a man. (16) And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and
said, Gabriel, make this man to
understand the vision. (17) So he came near where I
stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto
me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. (18) Now as
he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground:
but he touched me, and set me upright. (19) And he
said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the
indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. (20) The ram which thou sawest
having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. (21)
And the rough goat is the king of
Grecia: and the great horn that is between
his eyes is the first king. (22) Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for
it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. (23) And in the latter time of their kingdom, when
the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and
understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. (24)
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy
wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and
the holy people. (25) And through his policy also he shall cause craft
to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall
also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without
hand. (26) And the vision of the evening and the morning
which was told is true: wherefore
shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for
many days. (27) And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and
did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none
understood it.
Daniel 9 (I) In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus,
of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; (2) In the first year of his reign I Daniel
understood by books the number of the years, whereof The Word of YAHWEH came to Jeremiah
the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of
Jerusalem. (3) And I set my face unto my Sovereign Elohim,
to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: (4) And I prayed unto YAHWEH my El, and made my confession, and
said, O my Sovereign,
the great and dreadful Elohim, keeping the covenant and mercy to them
that love HIM, and to them that keep
HIS Commandments; (5) We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and
have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and
from THY judgments: (6) Neither have we hearkened unto THY servants the prophets, which spake
in THY name to our kings, our
princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. (7) O my Sovereign, righteousness belongeth unto THEE, but
unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far
off, through all the countries whither THOU
hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against THEE. (8) O
my Sovereign,
to us belongeth confusion of face, to
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against THEE. (9) To
my Sovereign
our Elohim
belong mercies and forgivenesses,
though we have rebelled against HIM;
(10) Neither have we obeyed the voice of YAHWEH
our Elohim,
to walk in HIS laws, which HE set before us by HIS servants the prophets. (11) Yea, all Israel have transgressed THY law, even by departing, that they
might not obey THY voice; therefore
the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of Elohim, because we have sinned
against HIM. (12) And HE
hath confirmed HIS words, which HE spake against us, and against our
judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole
heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. (13) As it is written
in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer
before YAHWEH
our Elohim,
that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. (14) Therefore hath YAHWEH watched upon the evil, and
brought it upon us: for YAHWEH our Elohim is righteous
in all HIS works which HE doeth: for we obeyed not HIS voice. (15) And now, O my Sovereign our Elohim, that hast brought THY people forth out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have
sinned, we have done wickedly. (16) O my Sovereign, according to all THY righteousness, I beseech THEE, let THINE anger and THY fury
be turned away from THY city
Jerusalem, THY holy mountain:
because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and THY people are become a reproach to all that
are about us. (17) Now therefore, O our Elohim, hear the prayer of thy
servant, and his supplications, and cause THY
face to shine upon THY sanctuary
that is desolate, for my Sovereign sake. (18) O
my Elohim,
incline THINE ear, and hear; open THINE eyes, and behold our desolations,
and the city which is called by THY name:
for we do not present our supplications before THEE for our righteousnesses, but for THY great mercies. (19) O my Sovereign, hear; O my Sovereign,
forgive; O my Sovereign,
hearken and do; defer not, for THINE OWN
sake, O my Elohim:
for thy city and THY people are
called by THY name.
(20) And
whiles I was speaking, and praying,
and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
before YAHWEH
my Elohim
for the holy mountain of my Elohim; (21) Yea,
whiles I was speaking in prayer, even
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused
to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. (22) And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to
give thee skill and understanding. (23) At the
beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to
show thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision. (24)
Seventy weeks [sevened i.e. 70x7=490 years] are determined upon thy [Daniel’s] PEOPLE [Israel]
and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression [reject and murder their Saviour], and to
make an end of sins [sacrifice for sins], and
to make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to bring in everlasting
righteousness [Ro. 3:21-26 & I Cor. 1:30 & Psalm 119:142], and to seal up the vision and prophecy [Isa. 29:1011 & Rom. 11:7-10], and to anoint the most Holy [Isa. 60:1; Luke
4:18-19; Mark 1:7-10; II Cor. 6:16; I Peter 2:4-5 & Acts two]. (25) Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and
two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous
times. (26) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah
be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come
shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end
of the war desolations are determined. (27) And he
shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week
he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured
upon the desolate.
(I) In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was
revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing,
and had understanding of the vision. (2) In those
days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. (3) I
ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I
anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. (4) And in the four and twentieth day of the first
month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; (5) Then I lifted up mine eyes,
and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: (6) His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning,
and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to
polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. (7) And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men
that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so
that they fled to hide themselves. (8) Therefore
I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in
me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no
strength. (9) Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I
heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my
face toward the ground. (10) And, behold, an hand
touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon
the palms of my hands. (11) And he said unto me, O
Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and
stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word
unto me, I stood trembling. (12) Then said he unto me,
Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to
understand, and to chasten thyself before thy
Elohim, thy words were heard, and I am come
for thy words. (13) But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes,
came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. (14) Now I am come to make thee understand what shall
befall thy
[Daniel’s] PEOPLE [Israel] in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. (15) And when he had spoken
such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. (16) And, behold, one
like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my
mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Sovereign, by
the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. (17) For how can the servant of this my Sovereign
talk with this my Sovereign? For as for me, straightway there remained no
strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. (18) Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he
strengthened me, (19) And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace
be unto thee, be strong, yea, be
strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my
Sovereign speak; for thou hast strengthened me. (20)
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? And now will I return to
fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of
Grecia shall come. (21) But I will show thee that which is noted in the
scripture of truth: and there is none
that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
(I) Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to
strengthen him. (2) And now will I show thee the truth. Behold,
there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far
richer than they all: and by his
strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. (3) And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall
rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. (4) And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be
broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his
posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall
be plucked up, even for others beside those. (5)
And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have
dominion; his dominion shall be a
great dominion. (6) And in the end of years they shall join
themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the
king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of
the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and
they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. (7) But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall
come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north,
and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: (8)
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their elohim, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of
silver and of gold; and he shall continue more
years than the king of the north. (9) So the
king of the south shall come into his kingdom,
and shall return into his own land. (10) But his
sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow,
and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. (11) And the
king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight
with him, even with the king of the
north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be
given into his hand. (12) And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be
lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten
thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by
it. (13) For the king of the north shall return, and
shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come
after certain years with a great army and with much riches. (14) And in those times there shall many stand up
against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy [Daniel’s]
PEOPLE [Israel] shall exalt themselves to establish the vision;
but they shall fall. (15) So the king of the north
shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms
of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to
withstand. (16) But he that cometh against him shall do
according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand
in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. (17) He shall also set his face to enter with the
strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and
he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not
stand on his side, neither be for
him. (18) After this shall he turn his face unto the
isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the
reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. (19) Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of
his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. (20) Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of
taxes in the glory of the kingdom:
but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. (21) And in his estate shall stand up a vile person,
to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. (22)
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall
be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. (23)
And after the league made with him he
shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a
small people. (24) He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest
places of the province; and he shall do that
which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter
among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea,
and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a
time. (25) And he shall stir up his power and his courage
against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south
shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall
not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. (26) Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat
shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
(27) And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall
speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. (28) Then shall he return into his land with great
riches; and his heart shall be against
the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits,
and return to his own land. (29) At the
time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be
as the former, or as the latter. (30) For the
ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and
return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he
shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy
covenant. (31) And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall
pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the
abomination that maketh desolate. (32) And such
as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the
people that do know their Elohim shall be strong, and do exploits. (33)
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall
fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. (34) Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen
with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. (35) And some of
them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. (36) And the
king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify
himself above every el, and shall speak marvellous things against the El of
els, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is
determined shall be done. (37) Neither shall he regard
the Elohim
of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any elowahh: for he shall
magnify himself above all. (38) But in his estate shall
he honour the elowahh of forces: and a elowahh whom his fathers knew not shall
he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
(39) Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a
strange elowahh, whom he shall acknowledge and
increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall
divide the land for gain. (40) And at the time of the
end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall
come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass
over. (41) He shall enter also into the glorious land, and
many countries shall be overthrown:
but these shall escape out of his hand, even
Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. (42) He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. (43) But he shall have power over the treasures of
gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans
and the Ethiopians shall be at his
steps. (44) But tidings out of the east and out of the north
shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and
utterly to make away many. (45) And he shall plant the
tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet
he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
(I) And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince
which standeth for the children of thy [Daniel’s] PEOPLE [Israel]: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation even to
that same time: and at that time thy [Daniel’s]
PEOPLE [Israel] shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. (2) And many of them that sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (3) And they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the
stars for ever and ever. (4) But thou, O Daniel, shut
up the words, and seal the book, even to
the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased. (5) Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood
other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that
side of the bank of the river. (6) And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? (7) And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when
he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that
liveth for ever that it shall be for
a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the
power of the holy people, all these things
shall be finished. (8) And I heard, but I
understood not: then said I, O my Sovereign, what shall be the end of these things?
(9) And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time
of the end. (10) Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall
understand; but the wise shall understand. (11) And from
the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
abomination that maketh desolate set up, there
shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (12) Blessed is
he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and
thirty days. (13) But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in
thy lot at the end of the days.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in
the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (2) The beginning of The Word of YAHWEH by Hosea. And YAHWEH
said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of
whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from YAHWEH. (3) So he
went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a
son. (4) And YAHWEH said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for
yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon
the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the House of Israel. (5) And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the
valley of Jezreel. (6) And she conceived again, and bare a daughter.
And Elohim said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah:
for I will no more have mercy upon
the House of Israel; but I will
utterly take them away. (7) But I will have mercy upon the House of Judah, and will save them by YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by
horsemen. (8) Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she
conceived, and bare a son. (9) Then said Elohim, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not MY people, and I will
not be your Elohim. (10) Yet the
number of the Children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot
be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not MY people, there it shall
be said unto them, Ye are the sons of
the living El.
(11) Then shall the children of Judah and the
Children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and
they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
(I) Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters,
Ruhamah. (2) Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I
her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her
adulteries from between her breasts; (3) Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in
the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry
land, and slay her with thirst. (4) And I will not have mercy upon her
children; for they be the children of
whoredoms. (5) For their mother hath played the harlot: she
that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my
lovers, that give ME my bread and my
water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. (6) Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she
shall not find her paths. (7) And she shall follow after
her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall
not find them: then shall she say, I
will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. (8) For she
did not know that I gave her corn,
and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. (9) Therefore
will I return, and take away MY corn in the time thereof, and MY wine in the season thereof, and will
recover MY wool and MY flax given to cover her nakedness. (10) And now
will I discover her lewdness in the
sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of MINE hand. (11) I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new
moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her
solemn feasts. (12) And I
will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given
me: and I will make them a forest,
and the beasts of the field shall eat them. (13) And I will visit upon her the days of
Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her
earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat ME, saith YAHWEH. (14) Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the
wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. (15) And I
will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of
hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day
when she came up out of the land of Egypt. (16) And it
shall be at that day, saith YAHWEH, that
thou shalt call ME Ishi (extant); and shalt call ME no more Baali. (17) For I
will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be
remembered by their name. (18) And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the
beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth,
and will make them to lie down safely. (19) And I will betroth thee unto ME for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto ME
in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. (20) I
will even betroth thee unto ME in
faithfulness: and thou shalt know YAHWEH. (21) And it
shall come to pass in that day, I
will hear, saith YAHWEH, I will hear
the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; (22) And the
earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear
Jezreel. (23) And I
will sow her unto ME in the earth;
and I will have mercy upon her that
had not obtained mercy; and I will
say to them which were not MY people, Thou art MY people; and they
shall say, THOU art my Elohim.
(I) Then said YAHWEH unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according
to the love of YAHWEH
toward the Children of Israel, who look to other elohim, and love flagons of
wine. (2) So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half
homer of barley: (3) And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me
many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. (4) For the Children of Israel shall abide many days
without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an
image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
(5) Afterward shall the Children of Israel return,
and seek YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and David their king; and shall fear YAHWEH and his goodness in the latter days.
(I) Hear The Word of YAHWEH, ye Children of Israel: for YAHWEH
hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor
knowledge of Elohim in the land. (2) By swearing, and lying, and killing, and
stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. (3) Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one
that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with
the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. (4) Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for
thy people are as they that strive
with the priest. (5) Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the
prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. (6) My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,
that thou shalt be no priest to ME:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy
Elohim, I will also forget thy children. (7) As
they were increased, so they sinned against ME: therefore will I change their glory into shame. (8) They eat up the sin of MY people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. (9) And there shall be, like people, like priest:
and I will punish them for their
ways, and reward them their doings. (10) For they
shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase:
because they have left off to take heed to YAHWEH. (11) Whoredom
and wine and new wine take away the heart. (12) My
people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for
the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to
err, and they have gone a whoring from under their Elohim. (13) They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,
and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the
shadow thereof is good: therefore
your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. (14) I
will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when
they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they
sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. (15)
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet
let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to
Bethaven, nor swear, YAHWEH liveth. (16)
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now YAHWEH will feed them as a lamb in
a large place. (17) Ephraim is
joined to idols: let him alone. (18) Their
drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. (19) The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and
they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
(I) Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye House of Israel;
and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net
spread upon Tabor. (2) And the revolters are profound to make
slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. (3) I
know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from ME:
for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. (4) They will
not frame their doings to turn unto their Elohim: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have
not known YAHWEH.
(5) And the pride of Israel doth testify to his
face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also
shall fall with them. (6) They shall go with their
flocks and with their herds to seek YAHWEH; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from
them. (7) They have dealt treacherously against YAHWEH:
for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with
their portions. (8) Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. (9) Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke:
among the tribes of Israel have I
made known that which shall surely be. (10) The
princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour
out MY wrath upon them like water. (11) Ephraim is
oppressed and broken in judgment,
because he willingly walked after the commandment. (12) Therefore will
I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the House of Judah as rottenness.
(13) When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the
Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of
your wound. (14) For I
will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as
a young lion to the House of Judah: I,
even I, will tear and go away; I
will take away, and none shall rescue him.
(15) I
will go and return to MY place, till they acknowledge their
offence, and seek MY face: in their
affliction they will seek ME early.
(I) Come, and let us return unto YAHWEH: for he hath torn, and he
will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (2) After two days will he revive us: in the third
day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (3) Then shall we know, if we follow on to know YAHWEH: his going forth is prepared as the
morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. (4) O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. (5) Therefore have I hewed them by the
prophets; I have slain them by the
words of MY mouth: and THY judgments are as the light that goeth
forth. (6) For I
desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of Elohim
more than burnt offerings. (7) But they like men have
transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against ME. (8) Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. (9) And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the
way by consent: for they commit lewdness. (10) I have seen an horrible thing in the
House of Israel: there is the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. (11) Also, O
Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of MY
people.
(I) When I would have
healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness
of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth
without. (2) And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset
them about; they are before MY face.
(3) They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies. (4) They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by
the baker, who ceaseth from raising
after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. (5) In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he
stretched out his hand with scorners. (6) For they
have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker
sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. (7) They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured
their judges; all their kings are fallen: there
is none among them that calleth unto ME.
(8) Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people;
Ephraim is a cake not turned. (9) Strangers have devoured
his strength, and he knoweth it not:
yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. (10) And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face:
and they do not return to YAHWEH their Elohim, nor seek him for all this. (11) Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart:
they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. (12) When
they shall go, I will spread MY net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their
congregation hath heard. (13) Woe unto them! For they
have fled from ME: destruction unto
them! Because they have transgressed against ME: though I have
redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against ME. (14) And they have not cried unto ME with their heart, when they howled
upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against ME. (15) Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against ME. (16) They
return, but not to the most High:
they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the
rage of their tongue: this shall be their
derision in the land of Egypt.
(I) Set the trumpet to
thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle
against the house of YAHWEH, because they have transgressed MY Covenant, and trespassed against MY law. (2)
Israel shall cry unto ME, My Elohim,
we know thee. (3) Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. (4) They have set up kings, but not by ME: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols,
that they may be cut off. (5) Thy calf, O Samaria, hath
cast thee off; MINE anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? (6) For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not Elohim:
but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (7) For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap
the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. (8) Israel is
swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. (9) For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass
alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. (10)
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the
king of princes. (11) Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin,
altars shall be unto him to sin. (12) I have written to him the great things
of MY law, but they were counted as a strange thing. (13) They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of MINE
offerings, and eat it; but YAHWEH
accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins:
they shall return to Egypt. (14) For Israel hath forgotten
his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and
it shall devour the palaces thereof.
(I) Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy Elohim,
thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. (2)
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in
her. (3) They shall not dwell in YAHWEH’S land; but Ephraim shall
return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things
in Assyria. (4) They shall not offer wine offerings to YAHWEH, neither shall they be pleasing unto him:
their sacrifices shall be unto them
as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their
bread for their soul shall not come into the house of YAHWEH. (5) What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the
day of the feast of YAHWEH? (6) For, lo,
they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall
bury them: the pleasant places for
their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. (7) The days
of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is
mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. (8) The watchman of Ephraim was with my Elohim: but
the prophet is a snare of a
fowler in all his ways, and hatred in
the house of his Elohim. (9) They have deeply corrupted
themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:
therefore he will remember their
iniquity, he will visit their sins. (10) I found Israel like grapes in the
wilderness; I saw your fathers as
the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. (11) As for Ephraim,
their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and
from the conception. (12) Though they bring up
their children, yet will I bereave
them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! (13) Ephraim,
as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his
children to the murderer. (14) Give them, O YAHWEH:
what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. (15) All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I
hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of MINE
house, I will love them no more: all
their princes are revolters. (16) Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they
shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of
their womb. (17) My Elohim will cast them away, because they did not
hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
(I) Israel is an empty
vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his
fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they
have made goodly images. (2) Their heart is divided;
now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall
spoil their images. (3) For now they shall say, We have no king, because
we feared not YAHWEH;
what then should a king do to us? (4) They have
spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up
as hemlock in the furrows of the field. (5) The
inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the
people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory
thereof, because it is departed from it. (6) It shall
be also carried unto Assyria for a
present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed
of his own counsel. (7) As for Samaria,
her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. (8)
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn
and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the
mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. (9) O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of
Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity
did not overtake them. (10) It is in MY desire that I should chastise them; and the people
shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two
furrows. (11) And Ephraim is
as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. (12)
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground:
for it is time to seek YAHWEH,
till he come and rain righteousness upon you. (13)
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of
lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. (14) Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people,
and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the
day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. (15) So shall Bethel do unto
you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel
utterly be cut off.
(I) When Israel was a
child, then I loved him, and called MY son out of Egypt. (2) As they
called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned
incense to graven images. (3) I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they
knew not that I healed them. (4) I
drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. (5) He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but
the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. (6) And the sword shall abide on his cities, and
shall consume his branches, and devour them,
because of their own counsels. (7) And MY people are bent to backsliding from ME: though they called them to the most
High, none at all would exalt him. (8) How shall I
give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver thee, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim? Mine heart is turned within ME, MY repentings are kindled together. (9) I will not execute the fierceness of MINE anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am El, and not man; the Holy One in
the midst of thee: and I will not
enter into the city. (10) They shall walk after YAHWEH:
he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble
from the west. (11) They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and
as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I
will place them in their houses, saith YAHWEH. (12) Ephraim
compasseth ME about with lies, and
the House of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with Elohim,
and is faithful with the saints.
(I) Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind:
he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the
Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. (2) YAHWEH
hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his
ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. (3) He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and
by his strength he had power with Elohim: (4) Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed:
he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; (5) Even YAHWEH Elohim of
hosts; YAHWEH
is his memorial. (6) Therefore turn thou to thy Elohim: keep mercy and
judgment, and wait on thy Elohim continually. (7) He is a
merchant, the balances of deceit are in
his hand: he loveth to oppress. (8) And
Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none
iniquity in me that were sin. (9) And I
that am YAHWEH thy Elohim from the land of Egypt
will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
(10) I
have also spoken by the prophets, and I
have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
(11) Is there iniquity
in Gilead? Surely they are vanity:
they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. (12) And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and
Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. (13) And by a prophet YAHWEH brought Israel out of Egypt,
and by a prophet was he preserved. (14) Ephraim
provoked him to anger most bitterly:
therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Sovereign
return unto him.
(I) When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;
but when he offended in Baal, he died. (2) And now
they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own
understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the
men that sacrifice kiss the calves. (3) Therefore
they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as
the chaff that is driven with the
whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. (4) Yet I am YAHWEH thy
Elohim from the land of Egypt, and thou
shalt know no elohim but ME: for there is no Saviour beside ME. (5) I did
know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. (6) According to their pasture, so were they filled;
they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten ME. (7) Therefore
I will be unto them as a lion: as a
leopard by the way will I observe them: (8) I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there
will I devour them like a lion: the
wild beast shall tear them. (9) O Israel, thou hast
destroyed thyself; but in ME is thine help. (10) I
will be thy king: where is any other that
may save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a
king and princes? (11) I
gave thee a king in MINE anger, and
took him away in MY wrath. (12) The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. (13)
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of
children. (14) I
will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from MINE eyes. (15) Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of YAHWEH
shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his
fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant
vessels. (16) Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath
rebelled against her Elohim: they shall fall by the sword: their
infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped
up.
(I) O Israel, return unto YAHWEH thy
Elohim; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
(2) Take with you words, and turn to YAHWEH:
say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. (3) Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon
horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our elohim: for in thee the
fatherless findeth mercy. (4) I will heal their backsliding, I
will love them freely: for MINE
anger is turned away from him. (5) I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and
cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (6) His
branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell
as Lebanon. (7) They that dwell under his shadow shall return;
they shall revive as the corn, and
grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall
be as the wine of Lebanon. (8) Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I
am like a green fir tree. From ME is thy fruit found. (9) Who is wise,
and he shall understand these things?
Prudent, and he shall know them? For
the ways of YAHWEH
are right, and the just shall walk in
them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. (2) Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye
inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of
your fathers? (3) Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. (4) That which the palmerworm hath left hath the
locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten;
and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. (5) Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye
drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. (6) For a nation is come up upon MY land, strong, and without number,
whose teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. (7) He
hath laid MY vine waste, and barked MY fig tree: he hath made it clean
bare, and cast it away; the branches
thereof are made white. (8) Lament like a virgin
girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (9) The meat offering and the drink offering is cut
off from the house of YAHWEH; the priests, YAHWEH’S ministers, mourn. (10) The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the
corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (11) Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye
vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the
field is perished. (12) The vine is dried up, and the fig tree
languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are
withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. (13) Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl,
ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my
Elohim:
for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of
your Elohim.
(14) Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly,
gather the elders and all the inhabitants
of the land into the house of YAHWEH
your Elohim,
and cry unto YAHWEH.
(15) Alas for the day! For the day of YAHWEH is at hand, and as a destruction from
the Almighty shall it come. (16) Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of
our Elohim?
(17) The seed is rotten under their clods, the
garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
(18) How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are
perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made
desolate. (19) O YAHWEH, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. (20) The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for
the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of
the wilderness.
(I) Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in MY holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of YAHWEH cometh, for it is nigh at hand; (2) A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of
clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great
people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any
more after it, even to the years of
many generations. (3) A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a
flame burneth: the land is as the
garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and
nothing shall escape them. (4) The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run. (5) Like the noise of chariots
on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire
that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. (6) Before their face the people shall be much
pained: all faces shall gather blackness. (7) They
shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they
shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: (8) Neither shall one thrust another; they shall
walk every one in his path: and when they
fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. (9)
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall
climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. (10) The earth shall quake before them; the heavens
shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw
their shining: (11) And YAHWEH shall utter his voice before his army: for
his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word:
for the day of YAHWEH
is great and very terrible; and who
can abide it? (12) Therefore also now, saith YAHWEH, turn ye even to ME with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and
with mourning: (13) And rend your heart, and not your garments, and
turn unto YAHWEH
your Elohim:
for he is gracious and merciful, slow
to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (14) Who knoweth if
he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink
offering unto YAHWEH
your Elohim?
(15) Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call
a solemn assembly: (16) Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let
the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. (17) Let the priests, the ministers of YAHWEH,
weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O YAHWEH,
and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their Elohim? (18) Then
will YAHWEH
be jealous for his land, and pity his people. (19)
Yea, YAHWEH
will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied
therewith: and I will no more make
you a reproach among the heathen: (20) But I will remove far off from you the
northern army, and will drive him
into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his
hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill
savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. (21) Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for YAHWEH
will do great things. (22) Be not afraid, ye beasts
of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree
beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. (23) Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice
in YAHWEH
your Elohim:
for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come
down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. (24)
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine
and oil. (25) And I
will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and
the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, MY
great army which I sent among you. (26) And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied,
and praise the name of YAHWEH your Elohim, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and MY people shall never be ashamed. (27) And ye shall know that I am in the midst of
Israel, and that I am YAHWEH your Elohim,
and none else: and MY people shall
never be ashamed. (28) And it
shall come to pass afterward, that I
will pour out MY spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: (29) And also upon the
servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out MY Spirit. (30) And I will show wonders
in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (31) The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day
of YAHWEH come. (32) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the NAME of YAHWEH shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance, as YAHWEH hath said, and
in the remnant whom YAHWEH shall call.
(I) For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of
Judah and Jerusalem, (2) I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for MY people and for MY heritage Israel, whom they have
scattered among the nations, and parted MY
land. (3) And they have cast lots for MY people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for
wine, that they might drink. (4) Yea, and what have ye to
do with ME, O Tyre, and Zidon, and
all the coasts of Palestine? Will ye render ME a recompense? And if ye recompense ME, swiftly and speedily
will I return your recompense upon
your own head; (5) Because ye have taken MY silver and MY gold,
and have carried into your temples MY
goodly pleasant things: (6) The children also of Judah
and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might
remove them far from their border. (7) Behold, I will raise them out of the place
whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head: (8) And I
will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah,
and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for YAHWEH
hath spoken it. (9) Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare
war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come
up: (10) Beat your plowshares into swords, and your
pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. (11) Assemble yourselves, and
come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause
thy mighty ones to come down, O YAHWEH. (12) Let the
heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round
about. (13) Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe:
come, get you down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their
wickedness is great. (14) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of
decision: for the day of YAHWEH is near
in the valley of decision. (15) The sun and the moon
shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. (16) YAHWEH also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his
voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but YAHWEH will be the hope of his people, and the
strength of the Children of Israel. (17) So shall
ye know that I am YAHWEH your Elohim dwelling in Zion, MY holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no
strangers pass through her any more. (18) And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the
mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all
the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of
the house of YAHWEH,
and shall water the valley of Shittim. (19) Egypt
shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the
violence against the children of
Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. (20) But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem
from generation to generation. (21) For I will cleanse their blood that
I have not cleansed: for YAHWEH
dwelleth in Zion.
(I) The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which
he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. (2) And he said, YAHWEH will roar from Zion, and
utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall
mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. (3) Thus
saith YAHWEH;
For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing
instruments of iron: (4) But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the
palaces of Benhadad. (5) I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant
from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of
Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith YAHWEH.
(6) Thus saith YAHWEH; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: (7) But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the
palaces thereof: (8) And I
will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from
Ashkelon, and I will turn MINE hand against Ekron: and the
remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(9) Thus saith YAHWEH; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and
for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly
covenant: (10) But I
will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. (11) Thus saith YAHWEH; For three transgressions of Edom, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did
pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did
tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: (12) But I
will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (13) Thus saith YAHWEH; For three transgressions of the children
of Ammon, and for four, I will not
turn away the punishment thereof;
because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might
enlarge their border: (14) But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the
palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day
of the whirlwind: (15) And their king shall go into captivity, he and
his princes together, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Thus saith YAHWEH; For three transgressions of Moab, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he
burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: (2)
But I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult,
with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet: (3) And I
will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes
thereof with him, saith YAHWEH. (4) Thus
saith YAHWEH;
For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they have despised the Law of YAHWEH, and have not kept HIS Commandments, and their lies caused
them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: (5) But I
will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. (6) Thus saith YAHWEH; For three transgressions of Israel, and
for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; (7) That pant after the dust of the earth on the
head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father
will go in unto the same maid, to
profane MY holy name: (8) And they lay themselves
down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of
the condemned in the house of their
elohim. (9) Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I
destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. (10) Also I
brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the
wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. (11)
And I raised up of your sons for
prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye Children of Israel? Saith YAHWEH.
(12) But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and
commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. (13)
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a
cart is pressed that is full of
sheaves. (14) Therefore the flight shall perish from the
swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty
deliver himself: (15) Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow;
and he that is swift of foot shall
not deliver himself: neither shall he
that rideth the horse deliver himself. (16) And he that is courageous among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Hear this word that YAHWEH hath spoken against you, O Children of
Israel, against the whole family which I
brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, (2) You only
have I known of all the families of
the earth: therefore I will punish
you for all your iniquities. (3) Can two walk together,
except they be agreed? (4) Will a lion roar in the
forest, when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have
taken nothing? (5) Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where
no gin is for him? Shall one take up a snare from the earth, and
have taken nothing at all? (6) Shall a trumpet be blown
in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and YAHWEH
hath not done it? (7) Surely my Sovereign YAHWEH
will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (8) The lion hath roared, who will not fear? My Sovereign YAHWEH hath spoken, who can but prophesy? (9) Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the
palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains
of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the
oppressed in the midst thereof. (10) For they
know not to do right, saith YAHWEH, who store up violence and robbery in their
palaces. (11) Therefore thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
An adversary there shall be even
round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy
palaces shall be spoiled. (12) Thus saith YAHWEH;
As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an
ear; so shall the Children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the
corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a
couch. (13) Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob,
saith my Sovereign
YAHWEH, the Elohim of hosts, (14) That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel:
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. (15) And I
will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory
shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush
the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. (2) My Sovereign YAHWEH
hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he
will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. (3) And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye
shall cast them into the palace,
saith YAHWEH.
(4) Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal
multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: (5) And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with
leaven, and proclaim and publish the
free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye Children of Israel, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH. (6) And I also have given you cleanness of
teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not
returned unto ME, saith YAHWEH.
(7) And also I
have withholden the rain from you, when there
were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon
another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not
withered. (8) So two or three
cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet
have ye not returned unto ME, saith YAHWEH.
(9) I
have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards
and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto ME, saith YAHWEH. (10) I
have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men
have I slain with the sword, and have
taken away your horses; and I have
made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not
returned unto ME, saith YAHWEH.
(11) I
have overthrown some of you, as Elohim overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were
as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto ME, saith YAHWEH. (12) Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and
because I will do this unto
thee, prepare to meet thy Elohim, O Israel. (13)
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth
unto man what is his thought, that
maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, YAHWEH,
The Elohim
of hosts, is his name.
(I) Hear ye this word which I
take up against you, even a
lamentation, O House of Israel. (2) The
virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her
land; there is none to raise her up. (3) For thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH;
The city that went out by a thousand
shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the House of Israel. (4) For thus saith YAHWEH unto the House of Israel,
Seek ye ME, and ye shall live: (5) But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and
pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel
shall come to nought. (6) Seek YAHWEH, and ye shall live; lest he
break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to
quench it in Bethel. (7) Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off
righteousness in the earth, (8) Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that
calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the
earth: YAHWEH
is his name: (9) That strengtheneth the spoiled against the
strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. (10) They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and
they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. (11)
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon
the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn
stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but
ye shall not drink wine of them. (12) For I know your manifold transgressions,
and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn
aside the poor in the gate from their
right. (13) Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that
time; for it is an evil time. (14) Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and
so YAHWEH,
the Elohim
of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. (15)
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be
that YAHWEH
Elohim of hosts will be gracious unto the
remnant of Joseph. (16) Therefore YAHWEH, the Elohim of hosts, my Sovereign, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall
say in all the highways, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman to
mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. (17) And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I
will pass through thee, saith YAHWEH. (18) Woe unto
you that desire the day of YAHWEH! To what end is it for you? The day of YAHWEH is darkness,
and not light. (19) As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met
him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit
him. (20) Shall not
the day of YAHWEH
be darkness, and not light? Even very
dark, and no brightness in it? (21) I hate, I despise your
feast days, and I will not smell in
your solemn assemblies. (22) Though ye offer ME burnt offerings and your meat
offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. (23) Take thou away from ME the noise of thy songs; for I
will not hear the melody of thy viols. (24) But let
judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. (25) Have ye offered unto ME sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O House
of Israel? (26) But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch
and Chiun your images, the star of your elohim, which ye made to yourselves. (27) Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith YAHWEH,
whose name is The Elohim of hosts.
(I) Woe to them that are at
ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the House of Israel
came! (2) Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go
ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? Or
their border greater than your border? (3) Ye that
put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; (4) That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the
calves out of the midst of the stall; (5) That
chant to the sound of the viol, and invent
to themselves instruments of music, like David; (6)
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but
they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (7) Therefore now shall they go captive with the
first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall
be removed. (8) My Sovereign YAHWEH
hath sworn by himself, saith YAHWEH the Elohim of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore
will I deliver up the city with all
that is therein. (9) And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten
men in one house, that they shall die. (10) And a
man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones
out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is
there yet any with thee? And he
shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention
of the name of YAHWEH.
(11) For, behold, YAHWEH commandeth, and he will
smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. (12) Shall horses run upon the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the
fruit of righteousness into hemlock: (13) Ye which
rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our
own strength? (14) But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O House of Israel, saith YAHWEH
the Elohim
of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the
river of the wilderness.
(I) Thus hath my Sovereign YAHWEH
showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the
shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it
was the latter growth after the king's mowings. (2) And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land,
then I said, O my Sovereign YAHWEH,
forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small. (3) YAHWEH repented for this: It shall
not be, saith YAHWEH.
(4) Thus hath my Sovereign YAHWEH
showed unto me: and, behold, my Sovereign YAHWEH
called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a
part. (5) Then said I, O my Sovereign YAHWEH,
cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small. (6) YAHWEH repented for this: This also
shall not be, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH.
(7) Thus he showed me: and, behold, my Sovereign stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. (8) And YAHWEH said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I
said, A plumbline. Then said my Sovereign , Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of MY people Israel: I will
not again pass by them any more: (9) And the
high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be
laid waste; and I will rise against
the house of Jeroboam with the sword. (10) Then
Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath
conspired against thee in the midst of the House of Israel: the land is not
able to bear all his words. (11) For thus Amos saith,
Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive
out of their own land. (12) Also Amaziah said unto
Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat
bread, and prophesy there: (13) But prophesy not again
any more at Bethel: for it is the
king's chapel, and it is the king's
court. (14) Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of
sycamore fruit: (15) And YAHWEH took me as I followed the flock, and YAHWEH
said unto me, Go, prophesy unto MY
people Israel. (16) Now therefore hear thou The Word of YAHWEH: Thou sayest,
Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy
word against the house of Isaac. (17)
Therefore thus saith YAHWEH; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city,
and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be
divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely
go into captivity forth of his land.
(I) Thus hath my Sovereign YAHWEH
showed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. (2) And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said,
A basket of summer fruit. Then said YAHWEH unto me, The end is come upon MY people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
(3) And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in
that day, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH:
there shall be many dead bodies in
every place; they shall cast them forth
with silence. (4) Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even
to make the poor of the land to fail, (5) Saying,
When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat,
making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by
deceit? (6) That we may buy the poor for silver, and the
needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and
sell the refuse of the wheat? (7) YAHWEH hath sworn by the excellency
of Jacob, Surely I will never forget
any of their works. (8) Shall not the land tremble for this, and every
one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it
shall be cast out and drowned, as by the
flood of Egypt. (9) And it shall come to pass in that day, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, that I
will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I
will darken the earth in the clear day: (10) And I will turn your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into lamentation; and I
will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an
only son, and the end thereof as a
bitter day. (11) Behold, the days come, saith my Sovereign YAHWEH, that I
will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of YAHWEH: (12) And they
shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall
run to and fro to seek The Word of YAHWEH, and shall not find it. (13) In that day shall the fair virgins and young men
faint for thirst. (14) They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say,
Thy elohim, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall
fall, and never rise up again.
(I) I saw my Sovereign standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the
door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the
sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them
shall not be delivered. (2) Though they dig into hell,
thence shall MINE hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: (3) And though they hide
themselves in the top of Carmel, I
will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in
the bottom of the sea, thence will I
command the serpent, and he shall bite them: (4)
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay
them: and I will set MINE eyes upon them for evil, and not
for good. (5) And my Sovereign YAHWEH
of hosts is he that toucheth the
land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall
rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. (6) It is he that buildeth his stories in
the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the
waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: YAHWEH is his name. (7) Are ye
not as children of the Ethiopians unto ME,
O Children of Israel? Saith YAHWEH. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines
from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? (8) Behold,
the eyes of my Sovereign
YAHWEH are
upon the sinful kingdom, and I
will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of
Jacob, saith YAHWEH.
(9) For, lo, I
will command, and I will sift the
House of Israel among all nations, like as corn
is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. (10) All the sinners of MY people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not
overtake nor prevent us. (11) In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that
is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I
will build it as in the days of old: (12) That
they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called
by MY name, saith YAHWEH
that doeth this. (13) Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH,
that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that
soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall
melt. (14) And I
will bring again the captivity of MY
people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards,
and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of
them. (15) And I
will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of
their land which I have given them,
saith YAHWEH
thy Elohim.
(I) The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith my Sovereign YAHWEH
concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from YAHWEH, and an ambassador is sent
among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. (2) Behold, I
have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. (3) The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee,
thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who
shall bring me down to the ground? (4) Though
thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and
though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith YAHWEH. (5) If
thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they
not have stolen till they had enough? If the grapegatherers came to thee, would
they not leave some grapes? (6) How are the
things of Esau searched out! How are
his hidden things sought up! (7) All the men of thy confederacy
have brought thee even to the border:
the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they
that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. (8)
Shall I not in that day, saith YAHWEH,
even destroy the wise men out of
Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? (9) And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the
mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. (10) For thy violence against thy brother Jacob
shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. (11) In the day that thou stoodest on the other side,
in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners
entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. (12) But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of
thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither
shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. (13) Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of
MY people in the day of their
calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of
their calamity, nor have laid hands on
their substance in the day of their calamity; (14)
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that
did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did
remain in the day of distress. (15) For the day of YAHWEH is near upon all the heathen: as thou
hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own
head. (16) For as ye have drunk upon MY holy mountain, so shall
all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow
down, and they shall be as though they had not been. (17) But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and
there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their
possessions. (18) And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the
house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall
kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for YAHWEH hath spoken it. (19) And they of the south shall possess the
mount of Esau; and they of the plain
the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields
of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
(20) And the captivity of this host of the Children
of Israel shall possess that of the
Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and
the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in
Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. (21)
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the
kingdom shall be YAHWEH’S.
(I) Now the word of my Sovereign came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, (2) Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before ME. (3) But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the
presence of YAHWEH,
and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the
fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the
presence of YAHWEH.
(4) But YAHWEH sent out a great wind into the sea, and
there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. (5) Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every
man unto his elohim, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and
he lay, and was fast asleep. (6) So the shipmaster came to
him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy Elohim,
if so be that Elohim will think upon us,
that we perish not. (7) And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and
let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the
lot fell upon Jonah. (8) Then said they unto him,
Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine
occupation? And whence comest thou? What is
thy country? And of what people art thou?
(9) And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear YAHWEH, the Elohim of heaven, which hath made the sea and the
dry land. (10) Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said
unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the
presence of YAHWEH,
because he had told them. (11) Then said they unto him,
What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? For the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous. (12) And he said unto them,
Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you:
for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. (13) Nevertheless the men
rowed hard to bring it to the land;
but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. (14) Wherefore they cried unto YAHWEH, and said, We beseech thee,
O YAHWEH,
we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us
innocent blood: for thou, O YAHWEH, hast done as it pleased thee. (15) So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into
the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. (16)
Then the men feared YAHWEH exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto YAHWEH,
and made vows. (17) Now YAHWEH had prepared a great fish to swallow up
Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
(I) Then Jonah prayed unto YAHWEH his Elohim out of the fish's belly, (2) And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction
unto YAHWEH,
and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (3) For thou
hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed
me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. (4) Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I
will look again toward thy holy temple. (5) The
waters compassed me about, even to
the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my
head. (6) I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the
earth with her bars was about me for
ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O YAHWEH my Elohim. (7) When my soul fainted within me I remembered YAHWEH:
and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (8) They that observe lying vanities forsake their
own mercy. (9) But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of
thanksgiving; I will pay that that I
have vowed. Salvation is of YAHWEH.
(10) And YAHWEH spake unto the fish, and it vomited out
Jonah upon the dry land.
(I) And The Word of YAHWEH came unto Jonah the second time, saying, (2) Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and
preach unto it the preaching that I
bid thee. (3) So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according
to The Word of YAHWEH.
Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. (4) And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's
journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown. (5) So the people of Nineveh believed Elohim, and proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (6) For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (7) And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of
the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock,
taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: (8) But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth,
and cry mightily unto Elohim:
yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. (9) Who can tell if
Elohim will turn and repent,
and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (10) And Elohim
saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and Elohim
repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
(I) But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. (2) And he prayed unto YAHWEH, and said, I pray thee, O YAHWEH,
was not this my saying, when I was
yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious El, and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (3) Therefore now, O YAHWEH, take, I beseech thee, my
life from me; for it is better for me
to die than to live. (4) Then said YAHWEH,
Doest thou well to be angry? (5) So Jonah went out of the
city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat
under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. (6) And YAHWEH Elohim
prepared a gourd, and made it to come
up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his
grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. (7)
But Elohim prepared a worm when
the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. (8) And it came to pass, when the sun did arise,
that Elohim prepared a vehement
east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished
in himself to die, and said, It is better
for me to die than to live. (9) And Elohim
said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do
well to be angry, even unto death. (10) Then said YAHWEH, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the
which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night,
and perished in a night: (11) And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city,
wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between
their right hand and their left hand; and also
much cattle?
(I) The Word of YAHWEH that came to Micah the Morasthite in the
days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. (2) Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all
that therein is: and let my Sovereign YAHWEH
be witness against you, my Sovereign from his holy temple. (3) For,
behold, YAHWEH
cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high
places of the earth. (4) And the mountains shall be
molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. (5)
For the transgression of Jacob is all
this, and for the sins of the House of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are
the high places of Judah? Are they not
Jerusalem? (6) Therefore I
will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and
as plantings of a vineyard: and I
will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. (7) And all the graven images thereof shall be
beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and
all the idols thereof will I lay
desolate: for she gathered it of the
hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. (8) Therefore I
will wail and howl, I will go
stripped and naked: I will make a
wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. (9) For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate
of MY people, even to Jerusalem. (10) Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in
the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (11)
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant
of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you
his standing. (12) For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully
for good: but evil came down from YAHWEH unto the gate of Jerusalem. (13) O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot
to the swift beast: she is the
beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel
were found in thee. (14) Therefore shalt thou give presents to
Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall
be a lie to the kings of Israel. (15) Yet will
I bring an heir unto thee, O
inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. (16) Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate
children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity
from thee.
(I) Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their
beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power
of their hand. (2) And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his
house, even a man and his heritage. (3) Therefore
thus saith YAHWEH;
Behold, against this family do I
devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil. (4) In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful
lamentation, and say, We be utterly
spoiled: he hath changed the portion of MY
people: how hath he removed it from ME! Turning away he hath divided our
fields. (5) Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a
cord by lot in the congregation of YAHWEH. (6) Prophesy
ye not, say they to them that prophesy:
they shall not prophesy to them, that they
shall not take shame. (7) O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of YAHWEH
straitened? Are these his doings? Do
not MY words do good to him that
walketh uprightly? (8) Even of late MY people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the
garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. (9) The women of MY people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their
children have ye taken away MY glory
for ever. (10) Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. (11) If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do
lie, saying, I will prophesy unto
thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. (12) I
will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in
the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (13) The breaker is come up before them: they have
broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their
king shall pass before them, and YAHWEH on the head of them.
(I) And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye
princes of the House of Israel; Is it not
for you to know judgment? (2) Who hate the good, and
love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off
their bones; (3) Who also eat the flesh of MY people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their
bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the
caldron. (4) Then shall they cry unto YAHWEH, but he will not hear them:
he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved
themselves ill in their doings. (5) Thus
saith YAHWEH
concerning the prophets that make MY
people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not
into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. (6) Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be
dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the
prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. (7)
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall
all cover their lips; for there is no
answer of Elohim. (8) But truly I am full of power by the spirit of YAHWEH,
and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to
Israel his sin. (9) Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of
Jacob, and princes of the House of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all
equity. (10) They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem
with iniquity. (11) The heads thereof judge for reward, and the
priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet
will they lean upon YAHWEH, and say, Is not YAHWEH among us? None evil can come upon us. (12) Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
(I) But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of YAHWEH
shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above
the hills; and people shall flow unto it. (2) And many
nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YAHWEH,
and to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and The Word of YAHWEH
from Jerusalem. (3) And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke
strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (4)
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none
shall make them afraid: for the mouth
of YAHWEH
of hosts hath spoken it. (5) For all people will walk every one in the name
of his elohim, and we will walk in the name of YAHWEH our Elohim for ever and ever. (6) In that day, saith YAHWEH, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; (7) And I
will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong
nation: and YAHWEH
shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. (8) And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold
of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the
kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (9)
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there
no king in thee? Is thy counsellor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a
woman in travail. (10) Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O
daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of
the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be
delivered; there YAHWEH shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. (11) Now also many nations are gathered against thee,
that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. (12) But they know not the thoughts of YAHWEH,
neither understand they HIS counsel:
for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. (13) Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou
shalt beat in pieces many people: and I
will consecrate their gain unto YAHWEH, and their substance unto the Sovereign
of the whole earth.
(I) Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath
laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the
cheek. (2) But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto ME that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of old,
from everlasting. (3) Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought
forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the Children of
Israel. (4) And he shall stand and feed in the strength of YAHWEH,
in the majesty of the name of YAHWEH his Elohim; and they shall abide: for now shall he be
great unto the ends of the earth. (5) And this man shall be the peace, when the
Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then
shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. (6) And they shall waste the land of Assyria with
the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he
deliver us from the Assyrian, when he
cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. (7) And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst
of many people as a dew from YAHWEH, as the showers upon the grass, that
tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. (8) And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the
Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest,
as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth
down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (9) Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine
adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. (10) And it shall come to pass in that day, saith YAHWEH,
that I will cut off thy horses out
of the midst of thee, and I will
destroy thy chariots: (11) And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy
strong holds: (12) And I
will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: (13) Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and
thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. (14) And I
will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. (15) And I will execute vengeance in anger and
fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
(I) Hear ye now what YAHWEH saith; Arise, contend thou before the
mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. (2)
Hear ye, O mountains, YAHWEH’S controversy, and ye strong foundations
of the earth: for YAHWEH hath a controversy with his people, and he
will plead with Israel. (3) O MY people, what have I
done unto thee? And wherein have I
wearied thee? Testify against ME. (4) For I
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of
servants; and I sent before thee
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. (5) O MY people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know
the righteousness of YAHWEH. (6) Wherewith
shall I come before YAHWEH, and
bow myself before the high Elohim? Shall I come before him with burnt
offerings, with calves of a year old? (7) Will YAHWEH
be pleased with thousands of rams, or with
ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (8) He hath
showed thee, O man, what is good; and
what doth YAHWEH
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy Elohim?
(9) YAHWEH’S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see THY name: hear ye the rod, and who hath
appointed it. (10) Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the
house of the wicked, and the scant measure that
is abominable? (11) Shall I
count them pure with the wicked
balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (12)
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have
spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful
in their mouth. (13) Therefore also will I make thee sick in
smiting thee, in making thee desolate
because of thy sins. (14) Thou shalt eat, but not
be satisfied; and thy casting down shall
be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;
and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. (15) Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou
shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet
wine, but shalt not drink wine. (16) For the
statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk
in their counsels; that I should
make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye
shall bear the reproach of MY
people.
(I) Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer
fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. (2) The good man
is perished out of the earth: and there
is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every
man his brother with a net. (3) That they may do evil with
both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. (4) The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is
sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. (5) Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence
in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. (6) For the son dishonoureth the father, the
daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother
in law; a man's enemies are the men
of his own house. (7) Therefore I will look unto YAHWEH; I will wait for the Elohim
of my salvation: my Elohim will hear me. (8) Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I
fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, YAHWEH shall be a light unto me. (9) I will
bear the indignation of YAHWEH, because I have sinned against him, until
he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the
light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
(10) Then she
that is mine enemy shall see it, and
shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is YAHWEH thy Elohim? Mine eyes shall behold
her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. (11) In the
day that thy walls are to be built, in that
day shall the decree be far removed. (12) In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the
fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. (13) Notwithstanding
the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of
their doings. (14) Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine
heritage, which dwell solitarily in the
wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in
Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (15)
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto
him marvellous things. (16) The nations shall see and be confounded at all
their might: they shall lay their hand
upon their mouth, their ears shall be
deaf. (17) They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they
shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of YAHWEH
our Elohim,
and shall fear because of thee. (18) Who is a El like unto THEE, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of
the remnant of HIS heritage? HE retaineth not HIS anger for ever, because HE
delighteth in mercy. (19) HE
will turn again, HE will have
compassion upon us; HE will subdue
our iniquities; and THOU wilt cast
all their sins into the depths of the sea. (20) THOU wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which THOU hast sworn unto our fathers from
the days of old.
(I) The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite. (2) El is jealous,
and YAHWEH
revengeth; YAHWEH
revengeth, and is furious; YAHWEH
will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (3) YAHWEH is slow to anger, and great in power,
and will not at all acquit the wicked: YAHWEH
hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (4) He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and
drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of
Lebanon languisheth. (5) The mountains quake at
him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the
world, and all that dwell therein. (6) Who can
stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?
His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. (7) YAHWEH is good,
a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (8) But with an overrunning flood he will make an
utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. (9) What do ye imagine against YAHWEH? He will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time. (10)
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as
stubble fully dry. (11) There is one
come out of thee, that imagineth evil against YAHWEH, a wicked counsellor. (12) Thus saith YAHWEH; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down,
when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. (13) For now
will I break his yoke from off thee,
and will burst thy bonds in sunder. (14) And YAHWEH
hath given a commandment concerning thee, that
no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy elohim will I cut off the graven image and the
molten image: I will make thy grave;
for thou art vile. (15) Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts,
perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly
cut off.
(I) He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep
the munition, watch the way, make thy loins
strong, fortify thy power mightily. (2) For YAHWEH hath turned away the excellency of Jacob,
as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred
their vine branches. (3) The shield of his mighty
men is made red, the valiant men are in
scarlet: the chariots shall be with
flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be
terribly shaken. (4) The chariots shall rage in the streets, they
shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like
torches, they shall run like the lightnings. (5) He
shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make
haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. (6) The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the
palace shall be dissolved. (7) And Huzzab shall be led
away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering
upon their breasts. (8) But Nineveh is
of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look
back. (9) Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of
gold: for there is none end of the
store and glory out of all the
pleasant furniture. (10) She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart
melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. (11) Where is the
dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion,
even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? (12) The lion did tear in pieces enough for his
whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and
his dens with ravin. (13) Behold, I am
against thee, saith YAHWEH of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour
thy young lions: and I will cut off
thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
(I) Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery;
the prey departeth not; (2) The noise of a whip, and
the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the
jumping chariots. (3) The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword
and the glittering spear: and there is a
multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses;
they stumble upon their corpses: (4) Because
of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of
witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through
her witchcrafts. (5) Behold, I
am against thee, saith YAHWEH
of hosts; and I will discover thy
skirts upon thy face, and I will
show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. (6) And I
will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as
a gazingstock. (7) And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say,
Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? Whence shall I seek comforters for thee? (8) Art thou
better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it,
whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? (9) Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy
helpers. (10) Yet was she
carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in
pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable
men, and all her great men were bound in chains. (11)
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength
because of the enemy. (12) All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the
firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the
eater. (13) Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall
be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. (14) Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy
strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln. (15) There shall the fire devour thee; the sword
shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many
as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. (16) Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the
stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. (17) Thy crowned are
as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in
the hedges in the cold day, but when
the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. (18) Thy
shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered
upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
(19) There is no
healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee
shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed
continually?
(I) The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. (2) O YAHWEH, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not
hear! Even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! (3) Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? For spoiling and
violence are before me: and there are
that raise up strife and contention. (4) Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth
never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore
wrong judgment proceedeth. (5) Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be
told you. (6) For, lo, I
raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter
and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess
the dwellingplaces that are not
theirs. (7) They are terrible
and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. (8) Their horses also are swifter than the leopards,
and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread
themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle
that hasteth to eat. (9) They shall come all for violence: their faces
shall sup up as the east wind, and
they shall gather the captivity as the sand. (10)
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them:
they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. (11) Then shall his
mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his elohim. (12) Art thou
not from everlasting, O YAHWEH my Rock,
MINE Holy One? We shall not die. O YAHWEH,
thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty Elohim, thou hast established them
for correction. (13) THOU art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on
iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked
devoureth the man that is more
righteous than he? (14) And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the
creeping things, that have no ruler
over them? (15) They take up all of them with the angle, they
catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice
and are glad. (16) Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and
burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. (17) Shall they therefore empty their net, and not
spare continually to slay the nations?
(I) I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and
will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am
reproved. (2) And YAHWEH answered me, and said, Write the vision,
and make it plain upon tables, that
he may run that readeth it. (3) For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the
end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will
surely come, it will not tarry. (4) Behold,
his soul which is lifted up is not
upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (5) Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at
home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is
as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and
heapeth unto him all people: (6) Shall not all these take
up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to
him that increaseth that which is not
his! How long? And to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! (7) Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite
thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? (8) Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the
remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the
city, and of all that dwell therein. (9) Woe to
him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest
on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (10) Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against
thy soul. (11) For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it. (12) Woe to
him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! (13) Behold, is
it not of YAHWEH
of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall
weary themselves for very vanity? (14) For the
earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of YAHWEH, as the waters cover the
sea. (15) Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,
that puttest thy bottle to him, and
makest him drunken also, that thou
mayest look on their nakedness! (16) Thou art
filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be
uncovered: the cup of YAHWEH’S right hand shall be turned unto thee,
and shameful spewing shall be on thy
glory. (17) For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee,
and the spoil of beasts, which made
them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the
city, and of all that dwell therein. (18) What
profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten
image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to
make dumb idols? (19) Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to
the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. (20) But YAHWEH is in
his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
(I) A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. (2) O YAHWEH, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O YAHWEH, revive thy work in the
midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember
mercy. (3) ELOAH [or Elowahh] came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount
Paran. SELAH. His glory covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise. (4) And his brightness was as the light; he had
horns coming out of his hand: and
there was the hiding of his power. (5) Before him went the pestilence, and burning
coals went forth at his feet. (6) He stood, and measured the
earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains
were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. (7) I saw the tents of Cushan
in affliction: and the curtains of
the land of Midian did tremble. (8) Was YAHWEH
displeased against the rivers? Was thine
anger against the rivers? Was thy
wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? (9) Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. SELAH.
THOU didst cleave the earth with
rivers. (10) The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep
uttered his voice, and lifted up his
hands on high. (11) The sun and
moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they
went, and at the shining of thy
glittering spear. (12) THOU
didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in
anger. (13) THOU
wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out
of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. SELAH. (14) THOU didst strike through with his
staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me:
their rejoicing was as to devour the
poor secretly. (15) THOU
didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. (16)
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness
entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day
of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his
troops. (17) Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither
shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields
shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: (18) Yet I will rejoice in YAHWEH, I will joy in the Elohim
of my salvation. (19) YAHWEH my Sovereign is
my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon MINE high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
(I) The Word of YAHWEH which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi,
the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of
Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. (2) I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith YAHWEH.
(3) I
will consume man and beast; I will
consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the
stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the land, saith YAHWEH. (4) I will also stretch out MINE hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will
cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; (5) And them that worship the host of heaven upon
the housetops; and them that worship and that
swear by YAHWEH,
and that swear by Malcham; (6) And them that are turned
back from YAHWEH;
and those that have not sought YAHWEH,
nor inquired for him. (7) Hold thy peace at the
presence of my Sovereign
YAHWEH: for the day of YAHWEH is at hand: for YAHWEH hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his
guests. (8) And it shall come to pass in the day of YAHWEH’S
sacrifice, that I will punish the
princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange
apparel. (9) In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their
masters' houses with violence and deceit. (10) And it
shall come to pass in that day, saith YAHWEH, that
there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from
the second, and a great crashing from the hills. (11)
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all
they that bear silver are cut off. (12) And it
shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles,
and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, YAHWEH
will not do good, neither will he do evil. (13)
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they
shall also build houses, but not inhabit them;
and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. (14) The great day of YAHWEH is near, it is near, and
hasteth greatly, even the voice of
the day of YAHWEH:
the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (15) That day
is a day of wrath, a day of trouble
and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and
gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, (16) A
day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high
towers. (17) And I
will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they
have sinned against YAHWEH: and their blood shall be poured out as
dust, and their flesh as the dung. (18) Neither
their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of YAHWEH’S
wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he
shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
(I) Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation
not desired; (2) Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before
the fierce anger of YAHWEH come upon you, before the day of YAHWEH’S
anger come upon you. (3) Seek ye YAHWEH,
all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness,
seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of YAHWEH’S anger. (4) For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a
desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be
rooted up. (5) Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the
nation of the Cherethites! The Word of YAHWEH is against
you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. (6) And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds
for flocks. (7) And the coast shall be for the remnant of the
House of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they
lie down in the evening: for YAHWEH their Elohim shall visit them, and turn away their
captivity. (8) I
have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon,
whereby they have reproached MY
people, and magnified themselves against
their border. (9) Therefore as
I live, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, the Elohim
of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as
Gomorrah, even the breeding of
nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of MY people shall spoil them, and the
remnant of MY people shall possess
them. (10) This shall they have for their pride, because
they have reproached and magnified themselves
against the people of YAHWEH of hosts. (11) YAHWEH will be terrible unto them: for he will
famish all the elohim of the earth; and men
shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (12)
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain
by MY sword. (13) And he will stretch out his hand against the
north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. (14) And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her,
all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge
in the upper lintels of it; their voice
shall sing in the windows; desolation shall
be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. (15) This is the
rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am,
and there is none beside me: how
is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Every one that
passeth by her shall hiss, and wag
his hand.
(I) Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing
city! (2) She obeyed not the voice; she received not
correction; she trusted not in YAHWEH; she drew not near to her Elohim.
(3) Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are
evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. (4) Her prophets are
light and treacherous persons:
her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (5) The just YAHWEH is in
the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his
judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. (6) I
have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are
destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. (7) I
said, Surely thou wilt fear ME, thou
wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. (8) Therefore wait ye upon ME, saith YAHWEH, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for MY
determination is to gather the
nations, that I may assemble the
kingdoms, to pour upon them MINE
indignation, even all MY fierce anger: for all the earth
shall be devoured with the fire of MY
jealousy. (9) For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon
the name of YAHWEH,
to serve him with one consent. (10) From beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia MY suppliants, even the daughter of MY dispersed, shall bring MINE offering. (11) In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all
thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against ME: for then I will take
away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no
more be haughty because of MY holy
mountain. (12) I
will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they
shall trust in the name of YAHWEH. (13) The
remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and
none shall make them afraid. (14) Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be
glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. (15) YAHWEH hath taken away thy judgments, he hath
cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even
YAHWEH,
is in the midst of thee: thou shalt
not see evil any more. (16) In that day it shall be
said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion,
Let not thine hands be slack. (17) YAHWEH thy Elohim in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice
over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with
singing. (18) I
will gather them that are sorrowful
for the solemn assembly, who are of
thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. (19) Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out;
and I will get them praise and fame
in every land where they have been put to shame. (20)
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,
when I turn back your captivity
before your eyes, saith YAHWEH.
(I) In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month,
in the first day of the month, came The
Word of YAHWEH by Haggai the prophet unto
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of
Josedech, the high priest, saying, (2) Thus
speaketh YAHWEH
of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that YAHWEH’S
house should be built. (3) Then came The Word of YAHWEH
by Haggai the prophet, saying, (4) Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this
house lie waste? (5) Now therefore thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Consider your
ways. (6) Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat,
but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe
you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. (7) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Consider your ways. (8) Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build
the house; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified,
saith YAHWEH.
(9) Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? Saith YAHWEH of hosts. Because of MINE house that is waste,
and ye run every man unto his own house. (10)
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. (11) And I
called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn,
and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon
cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. (12)
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high
priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and the words of Haggai the prophet, as YAHWEH their Elohim had sent him, and the people did fear
before YAHWEH.
(13) Then spake Haggai YAHWEH’S messenger in YAHWEH’S
message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith YAHWEH. (14) And YAHWEH stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of
Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and
they came and did work in the house of YAHWEH of hosts, their Elohim, (15) In the four and twentieth day of the sixth
month, in the second year of Darius the king.
(I) In the seventh month, in
the one and twentieth day of the
month, came The Word of YAHWEH by the prophet Haggai, saying, (2) Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to
the residue of the people, saying, (3) Who is left among you that saw this house in
her first glory? And how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? (4) Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith YAHWEH;
and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all
ye people of the land, saith YAHWEH, and work: for I am with you, saith YAHWEH
of hosts: (5) According
to the word that I covenanted
with you when ye came out of Egypt, so MY
spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. (6) For thus
saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens,
and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
(7) And I
will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory,
saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (8) The
silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (9) The glory of this latter house shall be greater
than of the former, saith YAHWEH of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (10) In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in
the second year of Darius, came The Word
of YAHWEH by Haggai the prophet, saying, (11) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, (12) If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his
garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any
meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. (13) Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be
unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. (14) Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before ME, saith YAHWEH; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. (15) And now, I pray you, consider from this day and
upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of YAHWEH:
(16) Since those days
were, when one came to an heap of
twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. (17) I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the
labours of your hands; yet ye turned not
to ME, saith YAHWEH. (18) Consider now from this day and upward, from the
four and twentieth day of the ninth month,
even from the day that the foundation of YAHWEH’S temple was laid, consider it. (19) Is the
seed yet in the barn? Yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. (20) And again The
Word of YAHWEH came unto Haggai in the four
and twentieth day of the month,
saying, (21) Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
(22) And I
will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I
will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and
those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every
one by the sword of his brother. (23) In that
day, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, will I take thee, O
Zerubbabel, MY servant, the son of
Shealtiel, saith YAHWEH, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith YAHWEH
of hosts.
(I) In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came The Word of YAHWEH
unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (2) YAHWEH hath been sore displeased with your
fathers. (3) Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Turn ye unto ME, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, and I will turn unto you,
saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (4) Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former
prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways,
and from your evil doings: but they
did not hear, nor hearken unto ME,
saith YAHWEH.
(5) Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live for ever? (6) But MY
words and MY statutes, which I commanded MY servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers?
And they returned and said, Like as YAHWEH of hosts thought to do unto us, according
to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. (7) Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh
month, which is the month Sebat, in
the second year of Darius, came The Word
of YAHWEH unto Zechariah, the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (8) I
saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the
myrtle trees that were in the bottom;
and behind him were there red horses,
speckled, and white. (9) Then said I, O my
Sovereign, what are these? And the
angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these be. (10) And the
man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom YAHWEH hath sent to walk to and fro
through the earth. (11) And they answered the angel of YAHWEH
that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through
the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. (12) Then the angel of YAHWEH answered and said, O YAHWEH
of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of
Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? (13) And YAHWEH answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. (14) So the
angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem
and for Zion with a great jealousy. (15) And I am very sore displeased with the
heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they
helped forward the affliction. (16) Therefore thus saith YAHWEH;
I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: MY house shall be built in
it, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. (17) Cry yet, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; My cities through
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and YAHWEH shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet
choose Jerusalem. (18) Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold
four horns. (19) And I said unto the angel that talked with me,
What be these? And he answered me,
These are the horns which have
scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. (20) And YAHWEH
showed me four carpenters. (21) Then said I, What come
these to do? And he spake, saying, These are
the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head:
but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which
lifted up their horn over the land of
Judah to scatter it.
(I) I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man
with a measuring line in his hand. (2) Then said
I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. (3) And, behold, the angel that talked with me went
forth, and another angel went out to meet him, (4)
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be
inhabited as towns without walls for
the multitude of men and cattle therein: (5) For I, saith YAHWEH, will be unto her a wall of
fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. (6) Ho, ho, come
forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith YAHWEH: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith YAHWEH.
(7) Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. (8) For thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; After the glory
hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you
toucheth the apple of his eye. (9) For, behold, I will shake MINE hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants:
and ye shall know that YAHWEH of hosts hath sent me. (10) Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for,
lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith YAHWEH. (11) And many nations shall be joined to YAHWEH in that day, and shall be MY people: and I will
dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that YAHWEH of hosts hath sent me unto
thee. (12) And YAHWEH shall inherit Judah his portion in the
holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (13) Be silent, O all flesh, before YAHWEH:
for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
(I) And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the
angel of YAHWEH,
and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (2) And YAHWEH said unto Satan, YAHWEH rebuke thee, O Satan; even YAHWEH
that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is
not this a brand plucked out of the fire? (3)
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. (4) And he answered and spake unto those that stood
before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he
said, Behold, I have caused thine
iniquity to pass from thee, and I
will clothe thee with change of raiment. (5) And I
said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon
his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of YAHWEH stood by. (6) And the angel of YAHWEH protested unto Joshua,
saying, (7) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; If thou wilt walk in MY ways, and if thou wilt keep MY charge, then thou shalt also judge MY house, and shalt also keep MY courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. (8) Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and
thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are
men wondered at: for, behold, I
will bring forth MY Servant the Branch. (9) For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one
stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof,
saith YAHWEH
of Hosts, and I will remove the
iniquity of that land in one day. (10) In that day, saith YAHWEH of hosts, shall ye call every man his
neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
(I) (I) And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, (2) And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: (3) And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. (4) So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my Sovereign? (5) Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Sovereign. (6) Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is The Word of YAHWEH unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by [human] might, nor by [human] power, but by MY spirit, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (7) Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. (8) Moreover The Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (9) The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that YAHWEH of hosts hath sent me unto you. (10) For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of YAHWEH, which run to and fro through the whole earth. (11) Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? (12) And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? (13) And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Sovereign. (14) Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Sovereign of the whole earth.
(I) Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and
behold a flying roll. (2) And he said unto me, What
seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth
thereof ten cubits. (3) Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for
every one that stealeth shall be cut off as
on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. (4) I
will bring it forth, saith YAHWEH of hosts, and it shall enter into the
house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by MY name: and it shall remain in the
midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones
thereof. (5) Then the angel that talked with me went forth,
and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. (6) And I
said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said
moreover, This is their resemblance
through all the earth. (7) And, behold, there was
lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a
woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. (8)
And he said, This is wickedness. And
he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the
mouth thereof. (9) Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and,
behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork:
and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. (10) Then said I to the angel that talked with me,
Whither do these bear the ephah? (11) And he
said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be
established, and set there upon her own base.
(I) And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and,
behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the
mountains were mountains of brass. (2) In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; (3) And in the third chariot white horses; and in
the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. (4) Then I
answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my Sovereign? (5) And the
angel answered and said unto me, These are
the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Sovereign
of all the earth. (6) The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth
after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. (7) And the bay went forth, and sought to go that
they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk
to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. (8) Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me,
saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted MY spirit in the north country. (9) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto me, saying, (10) Take of them
of the captivity, even of Heldai,
of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same
day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; (11) Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and
set them upon the head of Joshua the
son of Josedech, the high priest; (12) And
speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh YAHWEH of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose
name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow
up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of YAHWEH: (13) Even he shall build the temple of YAHWEH;
and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he
shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between
them both. (14) And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to
Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the
temple of YAHWEH.
(15) And they that
are far off shall come and build in the temple of YAHWEH, and ye shall know that YAHWEH
of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall
come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of YAHWEH your Elohim.
(I) And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that The Word of YAHWEH came unto
Zechariah in the fourth day of the
ninth month, even in Chisleu; (2) When they had sent unto the house of Beyth’el
Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before YAHWEH, (3) And to
speak unto the priests which were in
the house of YAHWEH
of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,
separating myself, as I have done these so many years? (4) Then came The
Word of YAHWEH of hosts unto me, saying, (5) Speak unto all the people of the land, and to
the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye
at all fast unto ME, even to ME? (6) And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did
not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? (7) Should ye not
hear the words which YAHWEH
hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in
prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? (8) And The
Word of YAHWEH came unto Zechariah, saying,
(9) Thus speaketh YAHWEH of hosts, saying, Execute
true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: (10) And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless,
the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his
brother in your heart. (11) But they refused to
hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should
not hear. (12) Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words
which YAHWEH
of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great
wrath from YAHWEH
of hosts. (13) Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not
hear; so they cried, and I would not
hear, saith YAHWEH
of hosts: (14) But I
scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus
the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for
they laid the pleasant land desolate.
(I) Again The Word of YAHWEH of hosts came to me, saying, (2) Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; I was jealous for Zion
with great jealousy, and I was
jealous for her with great fury. (3) Thus
saith YAHWEH;
I am returned unto Zion, and will
dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;
and the mountain of YAHWEH of hosts the holy mountain. (4) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; There shall yet old men and old
women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his
hand for very age. (5) And the streets of the city shall be full of
boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. (6)
Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in
these days, should it also be marvellous in MINE eyes? Saith YAHWEH of hosts. (7)
Thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; Behold, I will save MY people from the east country, and from the west country; (8) And I
will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall
be MY people, and I will be their Elohim, in truth and in
righteousness. (9) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye
that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of YAHWEH of hosts was laid, that the
temple might be built. (10) For before these days
there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the
affliction: for I set all men every
one against his neighbour. (11) But now I will
not be unto the residue of this
people as in the former days, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (12)
For the seed shall be prosperous; the
vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the
heavens shall give their dew; and I
will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. (13) And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O House of Judah, and
House of Israel; so will I save you,
and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but
let your hands be strong. (14) For thus saith YAHWEH
of hosts; As I thought to punish
you, when your fathers provoked ME
to wrath, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, and I repented not: (15) So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the House
of Judah: fear ye not. (16) These are the things that ye shall do; Speak
ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and
peace in your gates: (17) And let none of you
imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for
all these are things that I hate, saith YAHWEH. (18) And The
Word of YAHWEH of hosts came unto me,
saying, (19) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and
the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the House of
Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and
peace. (20) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that
there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: (21) And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before
YAHWEH,
and to seek YAHWEH
of hosts: I will go also. (22) Yea, many people and
strong nations shall come to seek YAHWEH of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before YAHWEH.
(23) Thus saith YAHWEH of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men
shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of
the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that Elohim
is with you.
(I) The burden of The
Word of YAHWEH in the land of Hadrach, and
Damascus shall be the rest thereof:
when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward YAHWEH. (2) And
Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. (3) And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and
heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. (4) Behold, my Sovereign will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she
shall be devoured with fire. (5) Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and
Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from
Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. (6) And a
bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I
will cut off the pride of the Philistines. (7) And I will take away his blood out of his
mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even
he, shall be for our Elohim,
and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. (8) And I
will encamp about MINE house because
of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth:
and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with MINE eyes. (9) Rejoice greatly, O daughter
of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He
is just, and having salvation; lowly,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (10) And I
will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the
battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his
dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. (11) As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of
the pit wherein is no water. (12) Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of
hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (13) When I have bent Judah for ME, filled the bow with Ephraim, and
raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the
sword of a mighty man. (14) And YAHWEH shall be seen over them, and
his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and my Sovereign YAHWEH
shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. (15) YAHWEH of hosts shall defend them; and they shall
devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and
they shall be filled like bowls, and as
the corners of the altar. (16) And YAHWEH
their Elohim
shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall
be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. (17) For how great is his goodness, and how great is
his beauty! Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
(I) Ask ye of YAHWEH rain in the time of the latter rain; so YAHWEH shall make bright clouds, and give them
showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. (2) For the idols have spoken vanity, and the
diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain:
therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. (3) Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds,
and I punished the goats: for YAHWEH
of hosts hath visited his flock the House of Judah, and hath made them as his
goodly horse in the battle. (4) Out of him came forth the
corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every
oppressor together. (5) And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their
enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight,
because YAHWEH
is with them, and the riders on
horses shall be confounded. (6) And I will strengthen the House of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am YAHWEH
their Elohim,
and will hear them. (7) And they
of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall
see it, and be glad; their heart
shall rejoice in YAHWEH. (8) I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have
increased. (9) And I
will sow them among the people: and they shall remember ME in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and
turn again. (10) I
will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of
Assyria; and I will bring them into
the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place
shall not be found for them. (11) And he
shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the
sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria
shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. (12) And I
will strengthen them in YAHWEH; and they shall walk up and down in his
name, saith YAHWEH.
(I) Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy
cedars. (2) Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because
the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the
vintage is come down. (3) There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory
is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is
spoiled. (4) Thus saith YAHWEH my Elohim; Feed the flock of the slaughter; (5) Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves
not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be YAHWEH;
for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. (6) For I
will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith YAHWEH: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into
his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the
land, and out of their hand I will
not deliver them. (7) And I
will feed the flock of slaughter, even you,
O poor of the flock. And I took unto
ME two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. (8) Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and MY
soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred ME. (9) Then said I,
I will not feed you: that that
dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let
the rest eat every one the flesh of another. (10)
And I took MY staff, even Beauty,
and cut it asunder, that I might
break MY Covenant which I had made with all the people. (11) And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon ME knew that it was The Word of YAHWEH. (12)
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give ME MY price; and if not,
forbear. So they weighed for MY price
thirty pieces of silver. (13) And YAHWEH said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a
goodly price that I was prised at of
them. And I took the thirty pieces of
silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of YAHWEH. (14) Then I cut asunder MINE other staff, even Bands,
that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. (15) And YAHWEH said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish
shepherd. (16) For, lo, I
will raise up a shepherd [Herod or Titus?] in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the
young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but
he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. (17) Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock!
The sword shall be upon his arm, and
upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be
utterly darkened.
(I) The burden of The
Word of YAHWEH for Israel, saith YAHWEH,
which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and
formeth the spirit of man within him. (2) Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of
trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both
against Judah and against Jerusalem. (3) And in that day will I make Jerusalem a
burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be
cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against
it. (4) In that day,
saith YAHWEH,
I will smite every horse with
astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open MINE eyes
upon the House of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with
blindness. (5) And the governors of Judah shall say in their
heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall
be my strength in YAHWEH of hosts their Elohim. (6) In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the
wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people
round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited
again in her own place, even in
Jerusalem. (7) YAHWEH also shall save the tents of Judah first,
that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against
Judah. (8) In that day shall YAHWEH defend the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and
the house of David shall be as Elohim, as the angel of YAHWEH before them. (9) And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
(10) And I
will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon ME whom
they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his firstborn. (11) In
that day shall there be a great
mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of
Megiddon. (12) And the land shall mourn, every family apart;
the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of
the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; (13) The family of the house of Levi apart, and their
wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; (14) All the families that remain, every family
apart, and their wives apart.
(I) In that day there shall be a fountain opened to
the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for
uncleanness. (2) And it shall come to pass in that day, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they
shall no more be remembered: and also I
will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. (3) And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother
that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies
in the name of YAHWEH:
and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he
prophesieth. (4) And it shall come to pass in that day,
that the prophets shall be ashamed
every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a
rough garment to deceive: (5) But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. (6) And one shall
say unto him, What are these wounds
in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those
with which I was wounded in the
house of my friends. (7) Awake, O sword, against MY shepherd, and against the man that is MY fellow, saith YAHWEH of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will
turn MINE hand upon the little ones.
(8) And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith YAHWEH, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left
therein. (9) And I
will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is
refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on MY name, and I will hear them: I will
say, It is MY people: and they shall say, YAHWEH is my
Elohim.
(I) Behold, the day of YAHWEH
cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. (2) For I
will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be
taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut
off from the city. (3) Then shall YAHWEH go forth, and fight against those nations,
as when He fought in the day of
battle. (4) And His
[YAHshua-YAH'S Salvation] feet
shall stand in that day upon the
mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain
shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. (5) And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains
shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and YAHWEH my Elohim shall come, and all the Saints with Thee. (6) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
light shall not be clear, nor dark: (7) But it shall be one day which shall be known to YAHWEH,
not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. (8) And it shall be in that day, that living
waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and
half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (9) And YAHWEH shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall there be one YAHWEH,
and HIS name one. (10) All the land shall be turned as a plain from
Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in
her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the
corner gate, and from the tower of
Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. (11) And men shall dwell in it, and there shall
be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. (12) And this shall be the plague wherewith YAHWEH
will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall
consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume
away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. (13) And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great
tumult from YAHWEH
shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. (14) And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the
wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and
silver, and apparel, in great abundance. (15) And so
shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass,
and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. (16) And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against
Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, YAHWEH
of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
(17) And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all
the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, YAHWEH
of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. (18) And if
the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall
be the plague, wherewith YAHWEH will smite the heathen that come not up to
keep the Feast of Tabernacles. (19) This shall be the
punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep
the feast of tabernacles. (20) In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO YAHWEH;
and the pots in YAHWEH’S
house shall be like the bowls before the altar. (21)
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto YAHWEH
of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe
therein: and in that day there shall
be no more the Canaanite in the house of YAHWEH of hosts.
(I) The burden of The
Word of YAHWEH to Israel by Malachi. (2) I have
loved you, saith YAHWEH. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Saith YAHWEH:
yet I loved Jacob, (3) And I
hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of
the wilderness. (4) Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we
will return and build the desolate places; thus saith YAHWEH of hosts, They shall build,
but I will throw down; and they
shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom YAHWEH
hath indignation for ever. (5) And your eyes shall see,
and ye shall say, YAHWEH will be magnified from the border of
Israel. (6) A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is MINE
honour? And if I be a Owner, where is MY fear? Saith YAHWEH of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise
MY name. And ye say, Wherein have we
despised THY name? (7) Ye offer polluted bread upon MINE altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of YAHWEH is contemptible. (8) And if ye offer the blind
for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if
ye offer the lame and sick, is it not
evil? Offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept
thy person? Saith YAHWEH of hosts. (9)
And now, I pray you, beseech El that he will be gracious unto us: this hath
been by your means: will he regard your persons? Saith YAHWEH of hosts. (10) Who is
there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye
kindle fire on MINE altar for nought. I
have no pleasure in you, saith YAHWEH of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. (11) For from the rising of the sun even unto the
going down of the same MY name shall be great among the Gentiles; and
in every place incense shall be offered
unto MY name, and a pure offering:
for MY name shall be great among the heathen, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (12) But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The
table of YAHWEH
is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. (13) Ye said also, Behold,
what a weariness is it! And ye have
snuffed at it, saith YAHWEH of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and
the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? Saith YAHWEH. (14) But cursed be
the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth
unto my Sovereign
a corrupt thing: for I am
a great King, saith YAHWEH of hosts, and MY name is dreadful among
the heathen.
(I) And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. (2) If ye will not hear, and if
ye will not lay it to heart, to give
glory unto MY name, saith YAHWEH
of hosts, I will even send a curse
upon you, and I will curse your
blessings: yea, I have cursed them
already, because ye do not lay it to
heart. (3) Behold, I
will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. (4)
And ye shall know that I have sent
this commandment unto you, that MY
Covenant might be with Levi, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (5) My
covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the
fear wherewith he feared ME, and was
afraid before MY name. (6) The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity
was not found in his lips: he walked with ME
in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. (7) For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and
they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of YAHWEH of hosts. (8)
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law;
ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (9) Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people,
according as ye have not kept MY
ways, but have been partial in the law. (10) Have we
not all one father? Hath not one El created us? Why do we deal treacherously every
man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? (11) Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an
abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned
the holiness of YAHWEH
which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange el. (12) YAHWEH will cut off the man that doeth this, the
master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth
an offering unto YAHWEH of hosts. (13) And this
have ye done again, covering the altar of YAHWEH with tears, with weeping, and with crying
out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. (14) Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because YAHWEH
hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou
hast dealt treacherously: yet is she
thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. (15)
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore
one? That he might seek an Elohim-(like)
seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously
against the wife of his youth. (16) For YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, saith that he
hateth putting away: for one covereth
violence with his garment, saith YAHWEH of hosts: therefore take heed to your
spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. (17) Ye have
wearied YAHWEH
with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of YAHWEH, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the Elohim of judgment?
(I) 3 Behold, I will send MY messenger, and he
shall prepare the way before ME: and the Sovereign,
Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the
Covenant, Whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (2)
But who may abide the day of His
coming? And who shall stand when He
appeareth? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like
fullers' soap: (3) And He
shall sit as a refiner and purifier
of silver: and He shall purify the
sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto YAHWEH
an offering in righteousness. (4) Then shall the offering of
Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto YAHWEH, as in the days of old, and as in former
years. (5) And I
will come near to you to judgment; and I
will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and
against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the
fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not ME,
saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (6) For I am YAHWEH, I
change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. (7) Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone
away from MINE ordinances, and have not kept them.
Return unto ME, and I will return unto you, saith YAHWEH
of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? (8)
Will a man rob Elohim?
Yet ye have robbed ME. But ye say,
Wherein have we robbed THEE? In
tithes and offerings. (9) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed ME, even this whole nation.
(10) Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in MINE
house, and prove ME now herewith,
saith YAHWEH
of hosts, if I will not open you the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough
to receive it. (11) And I
will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of
your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field, saith YAHWEH
of hosts. (12) And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye
shall be a delightsome land, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (13)
Your words have been stout against ME,
saith YAHWEH.
Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against
thee? (14) Ye have said, It is vain to serve Elohim:
and what profit is it that we have kept
HIS ordinance, and that we have
walked mournfully before YAHWEH of hosts? (15)
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up;
yea, they that tempt Elohim are even delivered. (16) Then they that feared YAHWEH spake often one to another:
and YAHWEH
hearkened, and heard it, and a book
of remembrance was written before him for them that feared YAHWEH, and that thought upon HIS name. (17) And they shall be MINE, saith YAHWEH of hosts, in that day when I make
up MY jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his
own son that serveth him. (18) Then shall ye return, and
discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth Elohim and him that serveth HIM not.
(I) For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and
all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day
that cometh shall burn them up, saith YAHWEH of hosts, that it shall leave them neither
root nor branch. (2) But unto you that fear MY name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his
wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (3) And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they
shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith YAHWEH of hosts. (4)
Remember ye the law of Moses MY
servant, which I commanded unto him
in Horeb for all Israel, with the
statutes and judgments. (5) Behold, I will send you Eliyah the prophet
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of YAHWEH: (6) And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to
the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a
curse.
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